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Committee advances bill to give families a formal process to request homicide case reviews
Summary
AB 15 would create a formal process allowing designated family members to request a review of unresolved homicide cases; the committee advanced the bill after robust testimony from survivors and victim‑advocacy groups and assurances to work with law-enforcement concerns.
Assemblymember Gibson presented AB 15, the California Homicide Victims Families Right Act, which would create a procedure for designated family members to request a formal review of open, unresolved homicide cases. Gibson framed the bill as a tool to help grieving families obtain information and to provide new investigative leads that may assist law-enforcement in solving cases.
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