How Many Police Officers Have Been Indicted? Appellate Court Rejects Law Requiring Prosecutors To Charge Police In Fatal Shootings, Bypassing Grand Juries
A California appellate court Tuesday found unconstitutional a first-of-its-kind law mandating prosecutors, not secret grand juries, charge police officers with a crime in a fatal shooting while on duty.
The law was hailed by defense attorneys and social rights activists when it was adopted in August 2015, reports said Tuesday. But the legislation was contested by state prosecutors who said it tied their hands in efforts to investigate incidents by limiting the grand jury's power.