CASE REVIEW-HOMICIDE VICTIMS

From the Legislature

Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Excludes from the definition of "agency", law enforcement entities of the State. In the provision that the person or persons performing the case file review shall not have previously investigated the murder does not apply to law enforcement agencies located in counties or municipalities that have fewer than 35,000 inhabitants. Provides that a person or persons who have previously investigated the murder may perform the full reinvestigation if there is at least one other person performing the full reinvestigation who has not previously investigated the murder. Provides that the Homicide Victims' Families' Rights Act only applies to law enforcement agencies located wholly within the boundaries of counties with a population of 3,000,000 or more.