Grand juries can no longer be used in California for cases where a law enforcement officer killed a suspect while trying to make an arrest. That’s under a bill signed into law by Governor Brown. It’s in response to what supporters of the legislation say is a distrust of the grand jury process, following recently highly-publicized deaths of unarmed African-American men in other states. Nevada County District Attorney Cliff Newell says grand juries are rarely used for such cases in California, but it still removes an important option for prosecutors…

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Newell says he’s never had such a case while he’s been Nevada County’s D-A…

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Proponents of the bill argue the grand jury process is too secretive and allows prosecutors to be removed from decision-making in politically controversial cases. Meanwhile, Brown has also signed a measure clarifying that people can shoot video of law enforcement officers.