(725 ILCS 120/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1402)
Sec. 2.
The purpose of this Act is to implement, preserve, protect, and enforce the
rights guaranteed to crime victims by Article I, Section 8.1 of the Illinois
Constitution to ensure that crime victims are treated with fairness and
respect for their dignity and privacy throughout the criminal justice system, to ensure that crime victims are informed of their rights and have standing to assert their rights in the trial and appellate courts, to establish procedures for enforcement of those rights,
and to increase the effectiveness of the criminal justice system by affording
certain basic rights and considerations to the witnesses of crime who
are essential to prosecution.
(Source: P.A. 99-413, eff. 8-20-15.)
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