The money will go toward re-testing backlogged sexual assault kits to expedite criminal investigations, and it will also pour resources into resolving cold cases involving sexual violence.
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A proposed amendment to Montana’s constitution that would allow a certain percentage of voters in a county to convene a grand jury will – if it clears the hurdles to be put on the 2024 ballot – show that a majority of the members of a legislative interim committee felt the measure should not have been on the ballot in the first place.
After twice rejecting legislation this year that aimed to allow groups of Montanans to form their own grand juries, most lawmakers have not warmed to the idea in the seven months since those bills were tabled.