Longreads Best of 2013: Most Urgent Story, Award for Outstanding Reporting

## Taken

## 已拍摄

Sarah Stillman | The New Yorker | August 2013 | 45 minutes (11,405 words)

莎拉·斯蒂尔曼 |纽约客 | 2013 年 8 月 | 45 分钟（11,405 字）

Raphael Pope-Sussman (@AudacityofPope) is the managing editor of News Genius and a founding co-editor of BKLYNR.

Raphael Pope-Sussman (@AudacityofPope) 是 News Genius 的总编辑，也是 BKLYNR 的创始联合编辑。

Sarah Stillman’s story describes the use of civil forfeiture, a process by which the state can confiscate individuals’ assets with no due process.

莎拉·斯蒂尔曼的故事描述了民事没收的使用，这是国家可以在没有正当程序的情况下没收个人资产的过程。

I chose this story because it sheds light on a fundamental injustice in our judicial system—one of many ways in which this system has been perverted to deny of basic rights and disenfranchise those who lack substantial financial or social capital.

我选择这个故事是因为它揭示了我们司法系统中根本性的不公正现象——司法系统被歪曲以剥夺基本权利并剥夺那些缺乏大量经济或社会资本的人的公民权的多种方式之一。

And it’s beautifully told.

而且讲得很漂亮。

You can’t ask for more in a long-form story.

在长篇故事中你不能要求更多。

Eva Holland (@evaholland) is a freelance writer and editor based in Canada’s Yukon Territory.

Eva Holland (@evaholland) 是加拿大育空地区的自由作家和编辑。

I continue to be amazed by Sarah Stillman’s reporting.

我仍然对莎拉·斯蒂尔曼的报道感到惊讶。

In “Taken,” she tackles civil forfeiture, an obscure and seemingly dry legal loophole that has enormous implications for police abuse.

在《飓风营救》中，她解决了民事没收问题，这是一个晦涩难懂、看似枯燥的法律漏洞，对警察滥用职权有着巨大的影响。

The story is thorough and compelling, and left me feeling, suddenly, like a topic I’d never heard of before I sat down to read it was an urgent matter, a serious public concern.

这个故事详尽而引人入胜，让我突然感觉到一个我在坐下来阅读之前从未听说过的话题是一个紧迫的问题，一个严重的公众关切。

That’s journalism at its best.

这就是最好的新闻业。