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 love in all the wrong places. According to the Detroit Free Press The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep". Some still refer to it locally as "The Friendly" -- a slogan from an ad campaign in the '70s. , Wayne County's 153 prosecutors are slated to divvy up $500,000 in raises that have been funded by the fines alleged Johns pay to get their cars out of impound impound v. 1) to collect funds, in addition to installment payments, from a person who owes a debt secured by property, and place them in a special account to pay property taxes and insurance when due. .

Faced with a declining budget, newly minted Wayne County Prosecutor Michael Duggan put the county's police powers police powers n. from the 10th Amendment to the Constitution, which reserves to the states the rights and powers "not delegated to the United States" which include protection of the welfare, safety, health and even morals of the public.  to work for him. He persuaded local politicians to allow him to use proceeds from forfeited and impounded cars to reward prosecutors. He then upped the impound fine on cars seized from Johns to $900--a $250 increase--and discontinued such soft-on-crime practices as giving exonerated Johns their cars back for free.

Duggan expects to triple the county's booty this year. He isn't shy about letting his staff know it's in their best interest to keep impounding im·pound  
tr.v. im·pound·ed, im·pound·ing, im·pounds
1. To confine in or as if in a pound: capture and impound stray dogs.

2.
 cars and other valuables. "All these promotions are possible only because of the extraordinary performance of the forfeiture unit," wrote Duggan in a memo to employees obtained by a Free Press reporter. "Some of you are probably going to owe them lunch."
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Title Annotation:getting love might cost twice more in Detroit, Michigan
Author:Lynch, Michael W.
Publication:Reason
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U3MI
Date:Aug 1, 2001
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