HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3293        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3258

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Evandro C. Carvalho

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to maintaining the integrity of the judicial system.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Evandro C. Carvalho

5th Suffolk

1/20/2017

David M. Rogers

24th Middlesex

 

Sonia Chang-Diaz

Second Suffolk

2/3/2017

Marjorie C. Decker

25th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Linda Dorcena Forry

First Suffolk

2/3/2017

Carlos González

10th Hampden

2/3/2017

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

2/2/2017

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

2/2/2017

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

2/2/2017

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

 

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

 

Bud Williams

11th Hampden

 

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

 

Juana B. Matias

16th Essex

 

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

 

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

 

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

 

Michelle M. DuBois

10th Plymouth

 


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3293        FILED ON: 1/20/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3258

By Mr. Carvalho of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3258) of Evandro C. Carvalho and others that deaths involving the discharge of a firearm or use of force by law enforcement officers be investigated by special prosecutors.  Public Safety and Homeland Security.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to maintaining the integrity of the judicial system.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 1. Chapter 38 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting in section 4 after the words "death occurred", the following:-

"; provided that, unnatural deaths involving the discharge of a firearm or use of force by a law enforcement officer shall be investigated by a special prosecutor."

Section 2. Chapter 12 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after Section 26, the following section:

Section 26A.

A special prosecutor appointed as required by Section 4 of Chapter 38 shall be named by the Attorney General.  The legislature shall appropriate sufficient resources for the special prosecutor to carry out the investigation of such unnatural death.

A special prosecutor appointed in accordance with this section shall have no power to convene grand juries.