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Council asks California attorney general to convene task force to review criminal justice system
Summary
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously asked the state attorney general to convene a task force to examine systemic problems across the criminal justice system after the Rampart controversy, amending the request to include the county probation department and to state it is not an investigation.
The Los Angeles City Council voted to request that the California Attorney General convene a state-level task force to review systemic problems in the criminal justice system, including courts, probation, public defenders and prosecutors. Councilmembers said the request is prompted by issues exposed in the Rampart scandal and by long-standing concerns about case processing and plea-bargaining practices.
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