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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 2944 (Introduced in House) — To improve public safety, accountability, transparency, and respect for federalism in Federal criminal law by applyin... · Sec. 104

Sec. 104. Creation of a citizen complaint process

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The Attorney General shall, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, create a confidential and secure online complaint process to the Office of Professional Responsibility for the Department of Justice, for the use of defendants who have been sentenced who believe that their prosecutions were mishandled by Federal prosecutors or law enforcement officers. The Attorney General shall publicize the availability of this resource. Taking into account the remedies provided in section 206, the Office of the Inspector General, shall— conduct an annual review of the citizen complaint process to determine whether the Office of Professional Responsibility has taken appropriate disciplinary measures against prosecutors who have mishandled cases or engaged in misconduct; and publish in a report to Congress each case in which any judge or court has found that a prosecutor or law enforcement officer engaged in misconduct, whether such a finding resulted in reversal, vitiation, or vacatur of a conviction or sentence.
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