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| 1 | AN ACT concerning human rights.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief | ||||||
| 5 | Commission Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 35, and 70 as | ||||||
| 6 | follows: | ||||||
| 7 | (775 ILCS 40/5)
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| 8 | Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: | ||||||
| 9 | (1) "Claim of torture" means a claim on behalf of a living
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| 10 | person convicted of a felony in Illinois asserting that he was
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| 11 | tortured into confessing to the crime for which the person was
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| 12 | convicted and the tortured confession was used to obtain the
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| 13 | conviction and for which there is some credible evidence
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| 14 | related to allegations of torture occurring within a county of | ||||||
| 15 | more than 3,000,000 inhabitants committed by Commander Jon
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| 16 | Burge or any officer under the supervision of Jon Burge. | ||||||
| 17 | (2) "Commission" means the Illinois Torture Inquiry and
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| 18 | Relief Commission established by this Act. | ||||||
| 19 | (3) "Convicted person" means the person making a claim of | ||||||
| 20 | torture under this Act. | ||||||
| 21 | (4) "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Torture
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| 22 | Inquiry and Relief Commission. | ||||||
| 23 | (5) "Victim" means the victim of the crime, or if the
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| 1 | victim of the crime is deceased, the next of kin of the victim, | ||||||
| 2 | which shall be the parent, spouse, child, or sibling of the | ||||||
| 3 | deceased victim.
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| 4 | (Source: P.A. 96-223, eff. 8-10-09.) | ||||||
| 5 | (775 ILCS 40/35)
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| 6 | Sec. 35. Duties. The Commission shall have the following
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| 7 | duties and powers:
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| 8 | (1) To establish the criteria and screening process to
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| 9 | be used to determine which cases shall be accepted for
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| 10 | review.
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| 11 | (2) To conduct inquiries into claims of torture with
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| 12 | priority to be given to those cases in which the convicted
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| 13 | person is currently incarcerated solely for the crime to
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| 14 | which he or she claims torture by Jon Burge or officers
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| 15 | under his command, or both. | ||||||
| 16 | (3) To coordinate the investigation of cases accepted
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| 17 | for review. | ||||||
| 18 | (4) To maintain records for all case investigations. | ||||||
| 19 | (5) To prepare written reports outlining Commission
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| 20 | investigations and recommendations to the trial court at
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| 21 | the completion of each inquiry. | ||||||
| 22 | (6) To apply for and accept any funds that may become
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| 23 | available for the Commission's work from government
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| 24 | grants, private gifts, donations, or bequests from any
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| 25 | source.
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| 1 | (Source: P.A. 96-223, eff. 8-10-09.) | ||||||
| 2 | (775 ILCS 40/70)
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| 3 | Sec. 70. Filing of claims. This Act applies to claims of | ||||||
| 4 | torture filed not later than 10 5 years after the effective | ||||||
| 5 | date of this Act.
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| 6 | (Source: P.A. 96-223, eff. 8-10-09.)
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| 7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 8 | becoming law. | ||||||