legislation: 94-s-2720
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| 94-s-2720 | 94 | s | 2720 | A bill to amend the act of August 6, 1973 (Public Law 93-83). | Law | 1975-12-01 | 1975-12-01 | Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] | TX | D | B000401 | 0 | Authorizes the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, under the Crime Control Act, to make grants to States for the establishment of early case assessment panels for any unit of local government having a population of 250,000 or more. States that the purpose of such panels shall be to screen and analyze cases as early as possible from the time of the bringing of charges: (1) to determine the feasibility of successful prosecution; (2) to expedite the prosecution of cases involving repeat offenders and perpetrators of violent crimes; and (3) to concentrate prosecution efforts on cases with a high probability of successful prosecution. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z |