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.
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