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| 1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 4 as follows:
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| 6 | (725 ILCS 120/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1404)
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| 7 | Sec. 4. Rights of crime victims.
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| 8 | (a) Crime victims shall have the
the following rights:
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| 9 | (1) The right to be treated with fairness and respect | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | for their dignity
and privacy throughout the criminal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | justice process.
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| 12 | (2) The right to notification of court proceedings.
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| 13 | (3) The right to communicate with the prosecution.
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| 14 | (4) The right to make a statement to the court at | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | sentencing.
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| 16 | (5) The right to information about the conviction, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | sentence, imprisonment
and release of the accused.
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| 18 | (6) The right to the timely disposition of the case | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | following the arrest
of the accused.
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| 20 | (7) The right to be reasonably protected from the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | accused through the
criminal justice process.
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| 22 | (8) The right to be present at the trial and all other | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | court proceedings
on the same basis as the accused, unless | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | the victim is to testify and the court
determines that the | ||||||
| 2 | victim's testimony would be materially affected if the
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| 3 | victim hears other testimony at the trial.
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| 4 | (9) the right to have present at all court proceedings, | ||||||
| 5 | including proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, | ||||||
| 6 | subject to the admonition of the rules of confidentiality | ||||||
| 7 | and subject to the
rules of evidence, a victim-witness | ||||||
| 8 | specialist, an advocate or other support person of the | ||||||
| 9 | victim's choice.
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| 10 | (10) The right to restitution.
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| 11 | (b) Any law enforcement agency that investigates an offense | ||||||
| 12 | committed in this State shall provide a crime victim with a | ||||||
| 13 | written statement and explanation of the rights of crime | ||||||
| 14 | victims within 48 hours of law enforcement's initial contact | ||||||
| 15 | with a victim. The statement shall include information about | ||||||
| 16 | crime victim compensation, including how to contact the Office | ||||||
| 17 | of the Illinois Attorney General to file a claim, and | ||||||
| 18 | appropriate referrals to local and State programs that provide | ||||||
| 19 | victim services. The content of the statement shall be provided | ||||||
| 20 | to law enforcement by the Attorney General. Law enforcement | ||||||
| 21 | shall also provide a crime victim with a sign-off sheet that | ||||||
| 22 | the victim shall sign and date as an acknowledgement that he or | ||||||
| 23 | she has been furnished with information and an explanation of | ||||||
| 24 | the rights of crime victims and compensation set forth in this | ||||||
| 25 | Act. | ||||||
| 26 | (c) The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall post the rights of | ||||||
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| 1 | crime victims set forth in Article I, Section 8.1(a) of the | ||||||
| 2 | Illinois Constitution and subsection (a) of this Section within | ||||||
| 3 | 3 feet of the door to any courtroom where criminal proceedings | ||||||
| 4 | are conducted. The clerk may also post the rights in other | ||||||
| 5 | locations in the courthouse. | ||||||
| 6 | (d) A statement and explanation of the rights of crime | ||||||
| 7 | victims set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section shall be | ||||||
| 8 | given to a crime victim at the initial
contact with the | ||||||
| 9 | criminal justice system by the appropriate authorities and | ||||||
| 10 | shall be conspicuously posted in all court facilities.
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| 11 | (Source: P.A. 97-815, eff. 1-1-13.)
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