Biden signs bipartisan cold case law establishing federal right to request review for victims' families
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The Homicide Victims’ Families Rights Act establishes a federal right for cold case victims' families to request reviews of evidence and updates on case files.
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It also instructs agencies to keep families updated on the case file and will require the federal government to publish annual statistics on cold case murders beginning in 2025.
Two former prosecutors turned congressmen, Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Eric Swalwell, D-California, introduced the bill, which passed 406-20 in the House and unanimously in the Senate.
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