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91_SR0289
LRB9112983OBmg
1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Prosecutorial misconduct undermines public
3 confidence in our criminal justice system; and
4 WHEREAS, While the incidence of prosecutorial misconduct
5 is rare, it is in the public interest that the public have
6 notice of actions taken to investigate and discipline those
7 who engage in this conduct; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, That we urge the Illinois
10 Supreme Court to adopt rules that:
11 1. Require general notice to the public and
12 personal notice to the alleged victim of public hearings
13 of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission
14 when the subject of the hearings is the alleged unethical
15 conduct of prosecutors; and
16 2. Require that appellate court judges, when citing
17 prosecutorial misconduct in their opinions, be specific
18 and detail such conduct, and that all opinions citing
19 prosecutorial misconduct be published in full; and be it
20 further
21 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the
22 Illinois Supreme Court.