![No police officer or prosecutor testified in public against Rep. Shamed Dogan's bill to reform civil asset forfeiture tools. But their behind-the-scenes lobbying prompted the House Rules Committee chair to kill the bill.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bca0ce9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/808x1077+346+0/resize/150x200!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.stlpublicradio.org%2Fsites%2Fkwmu%2Ffiles%2F201912%2F021819-DK-AssetForfeiture-driverletgo.jpg)
William H. Freivogel
William H. Freivogel is director of the School of Journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a professor at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute. Previously, he worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for 34 years, serving as assistant Washington Bureau Chief and deputy editorial editor. He covered the U.S. Supreme Court while in Washington. He is a graduate of Kirkwood High School, Stanford University and Washington University Law School. He is a member of the Missouri Bar.
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