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Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
Filed: 5/29/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1914
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1914 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 1-2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (720 ILCS 5/1-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1-2)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1-2. General purposes. The
The provisions of this Code |
| 8 | | shall be construed in accordance with the
general purposes |
| 9 | | hereof, to: |
| 10 | | (a) Forbid and prevent the commission of offenses;
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| 11 | | (b) Define adequately the act and mental state which |
| 12 | | constitute each
offense, and limit the condemnation of conduct |
| 13 | | as criminal when it is
without fault;
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| 14 | | (c) Prescribe penalties which are proportionate to the |
| 15 | | seriousness of
offenses and which permit recognition of |
| 16 | | differences in rehabilitation
possibilities among individual |