093_HB0377
LRB093 04332 RLC 04380 b
1 AN ACT in relation to criminal law.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
5 amended by adding Article 106F as follows:
6 (725 ILCS 5/Art. 106F heading new)
7 ARTICLE 106F. VIDEOTAPE OF INTERROGATIONS
8 (725 ILCS 5/106F-5 new)
9 Sec. 106F-5. Videotape of interrogations of suspects.
10 (a) A peace officer who interrogates a person in a
11 police station who is suspected of committing a capital
12 offense must videotape the interrogation.
13 (b) The videotape is admissible in court in a
14 prosecution of the suspect for a capital offense if the
15 suspect confesses to the capital offense or otherwise makes
16 an admission that may be used in a prosecution of the suspect
17 for the capital offense and if the suspect recants his or her
18 confession or contradicts any admission made to a peace
19 officer.
20 (c) The failure of a peace officer to videotape the
21 interrogation of a person suspected of a capital offense
22 renders any confession or other admission made by the suspect
23 inadmissible in any trial of the suspect for the capital
24 offense for which the suspect has confessed or made an
25 admission.
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.