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This may sound strange, but we still prosecute property as well as people. The rationale is even weirder and dates back centuries.
Suppose you were living in ninth-century Britain when something terrible happened. You were on your way to market to sell something when a brigand came out of the bushes, demanded your goods and then stabbed you with a dagger.
If he was caught, the highway robber would be prosecuted (or worse) and so would his dagger. In fact, the Crown would confiscate it.
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