Cooper: Forfeiture law middle ground needed

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

But a tweak or two sometimes might make things fairer.

A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Monday involving Tennessee legislators and law enforcement officials centered on the seizures of cash, vehicles and other property ahead of criminal convictions during suspected drug crimes.

Lawmakers, citing incidents in which seized monies by drug task forces on a simple judge’s order may have been spent questionably, wondered if there ought to be changes in some of the laws.