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Supervisor introduces overhaul of the city's homicide reward fund to allow payouts before conviction
Summary
Supervisor Dorsey introduced legislation to modernize San Francisco’s homicide reward fund, including allowing rewards when information leads to charges rather than waiting for a conviction.
Supervisor Dorsey introduced an ordinance on April 29 proposing changes to the San Francisco Homicide Reward Fund to increase the fund’s effectiveness in solving murders and supporting victims’ families.
Key changes proposed: according to the text read into the record, the legislation would allow rewards to be paid when information leads to the filing of criminal charges (rather than only after a conviction), permit anonymous tipsters to receive rewards while preserving confidentiality, and remove an…
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