Sen. John J. Cullerton

Filed: 4/11/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2657

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2657 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee
5 Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 3929/2)
7     Sec. 2. Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee.
8     (a) There is created the Capital Punishment Reform Study
9 Committee, hereinafter referred to as the Committee,
10 consisting of 15 members appointed as follows:
11         (1) Three members appointed by the President of the
12     Senate;
13         (2) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the
14     Senate;
15         (3) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House
16     of Representatives;

 

 

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1         (4) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the
2     House of Representatives;
3         (5) One member appointed by the Attorney General;
4         (6) One member appointed by the Governor;
5         (7) One member appointed by the Cook County State's
6     Attorney;
7         (8) One member appointed by the Office of the Cook
8     County Public Defender;
9         (9) One member appointed by the Office of the State
10     Appellate Defender; and
11         (10) One member appointed by the office of the State's
12     Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor.
13     (b) The Committee shall study the impact of the various
14 reforms to the capital punishment system enacted by the 93rd
15 General Assembly and annually report to the General Assembly on
16 the effects of these reforms. Each report shall include:
17         (1) The impact of the reforms on the issue of
18     uniformity and proportionality in the application of the
19     death penalty including, but not limited to, the tracking
20     of data related to whether the reforms have eliminated the
21     statistically significant differences in sentencing
22     related to the geographic location of the homicide and the
23     race of the victim found by the Governor's Commission on
24     Capital Punishment in its report issued on April 15, 2002.
25         (2) The implementation of training for police,
26     prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges as recommended

 

 

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1     by the Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment.
2         (3) The impact of the various reforms on the quality of
3     evidence used during capital prosecutions.
4         (4) The quality of representation provided by defense
5     counsel to defendants in capital prosecutions.
6         (5) The impact of the various reforms on the costs
7     associated with the administration of the Illinois capital
8     punishment system.
9     (c) The Committee shall hold hearings on a periodic basis
10 to receive testimony from the public regarding the manner in
11 which reforms have impacted the capital punishment system.
12     (d) The Committee shall submit its final report to the
13 General Assembly no later than December 31, 2009 5 years after
14 the effective date of this Act.
15 (Source: P.A. 93-605, eff. 11-19-03.)
 
16     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.".