It's not actually an admission of guilt, that was just the defense used for someone who previously rejected a pardon that they were worried it would be viewed as such
Not that surprising, these sleazy characters don't trust each other as they're always looking for a way to betray each other for personal gain, so they assume others are too.
Also not a great idea to trust your legal stuff to companies that might just have it over to those other already characters, especially when you're likely doing illegal shit
They're unhappy when they don't get what they want. They're also unhappy when they do get what they want, as they didn't understand what they wanted in the first place and now it has fucked them over, too.
That is a lengthy court process. Just call in an anonymous tip to the cops that they're being used to smuggle drugs, and they can civil forfeiture them. Then police auction
The "positive anymore" is a Midwestern bane on the English language.
Nowadays. You're meaning to say nowadays.