Full Text of HR1437 94th General Assembly
HR1437 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Jean M. Fletcher | 4 |
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occasion of her retirement after 25 years of service as
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| an Assistant State's Attorney for the 16th Judicial Circuit in | 6 |
| Kendall County, Yorkville, IL; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1981 she was admitted to the Illinois Bar and | 8 |
| also the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois | 9 |
| General Bar; in 1987 she was admitted to the U.S. District | 10 |
| Court, Northern District of Illinois Trial Bar; and
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| WHEREAS, She has spent her career prosecuting criminal | 12 |
| offenses in a wide variety of areas; she has prosecuted felony | 13 |
| crimes, misdemeanors crimes, juvenile violators, traffic | 14 |
| violations, child pornography cyber crimes, and elder | 15 |
| financial exploitation and disabled adult abuse; she has also | 16 |
| worked in the area of child support enforcement and paternity | 17 |
| establishment; and
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| WHEREAS, She has also dedicated much of her career to | 19 |
| training others and devising strategies to further prosecute | 20 |
| and reduce crime; she has trained new Assistant State's | 21 |
| Attorneys, provided orientation of new Sherif's Department | 22 |
| Deputies, trained domestic violence and sexual assault | 23 |
| volunteers, supervised and evaluated law school student | 24 |
| interns and international law student interns, collaborated on | 25 |
| the initial mandated Child Advocacy Protocol for Kendall | 26 |
| County, developed multi-disciplinary response protocol | 27 |
| targeting domestic violence, collaborated on the revision of | 28 |
| the Illinois Juvenile Court Act, and trained Illinois | 29 |
| Department of Children and Family Services caseworkers; and
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| WHEREAS, She also spent a considerable amount of time | 31 |
| furthering her own education and training to better prosecute |
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| and reduce crime; she has studied Advanced Bomb and Arson | 2 |
| Prosecution, Date Rape Drugs, Advance Trial Advocacy, | 3 |
| Concealed Weapon Carry Law, Prosecuting Sexual Offenders, | 4 |
| Domestic Violence Multidisciplinary Approach, Annual Search | 5 |
| and Seizure Update, Spanish for Law Enforcement, Capital | 6 |
| Litigation Seminar 2001 and2005, Unsafe Havens Online Crime, | 7 |
| and Protecting Children Against Internet Predators; and
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| WHEREAS, She has devoted her entire career to prosecuting | 9 |
| criminal offenses, training others on how to better prosecute, | 10 |
| and helping to make her district a safer place to live; | 11 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 |
| we congratulate Jean Fletcher on the occasion of her retirement | 15 |
| after 25 years as an Assistant State's Attorney for the 16th | 16 |
| Judicial Circuit, Kendall County, Yorkville, IL; and be it | 17 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| presented to her as an expression of our deep respect and
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| esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.
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