How 'bout if you have a barbecue at your house, and offer beer after beer to your guests, and on the way home one of them kills somebody? Confiscate your house? The person's car or house wasn't at fault.
Sure.....I'm saying you've an inanimate object (that person's property) that's part and parcel to a "crime" being committed, whether it's street racing or serving unlimited alcohol to your house guests. Then the person's property gets confiscated, and/or destroyed. Why? Howzzat work? Check it out...don't know much about this site, but it's an interesting read.....