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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Does the LA City Attorney Need His Own Grand Jury?

    All over the country, District Attorneys prosecute felony crimes using grand juries to investigate and issue subpoenas. City attorneys, who handle misdemeanors, don’t have such power. But LA’s Carmen Trutanich wants it and the State Senate has voted to give it to him.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    All over the country, District Attorneys prosecute felony crimes using grand juries to investigate and issue subpoenas. City attorneys, who handle misdemeanors, don’t have such power. But LA’s Carmen Trutanich wants it and the State Senate has voted to give it to him. Some Los Angeles City Council members want the Assembly to say, “No.” We speak with Trutanich and others.

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    Does the LA City Attorney Need His Own Grand Jury?
    1. 0:00More Problems for the LA County Probation Department
    2. 7:41Does the LA City Attorney Need His Own Grand Jury?You’re reading this
    3. 26:18A Growing Divide among American Jews about Israel
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Carmen Trutanich

      Los Angeles City Attorney

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      Jan Perry

      former LA city councilmember

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      Erwin Chemerinsky

      constitutional law professor and dean of UC Berkeley School of Law

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    2 of 3
    Does the LA City Attorney Need His Own Grand Jury?
    1. 0:00More Problems for the LA County Probation Department
    2. 7:41Does the LA City Attorney Need His Own Grand Jury?You’re reading this
    3. 26:18A Growing Divide among American Jews about Israel
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