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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5657

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 5657,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by replacing the title with the following:
 4        "AN ACT in relation to criminal matters."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section  5.  The Illinois Police Training Act is amended
 8    by changing Section 6.1 as follows:

 9        (50 ILCS 705/6.1)
10        Sec. 6.1.  Decertification  of  full-time  and  part-time
11    police officers.
12        (a)  The  Board  must  review  police officer conduct and
13    records to ensure that no  police  officer  is  certified  or
14    provided a valid waiver if that police officer has been:
15             (1)  convicted of a felony offense under the laws of
16        this  State or any other state which if committed in this
17        State would be punishable as a felony;.
18             (2)  The Board  must  also  ensure  that  no  police
19        officer  is  certified or provided a valid waiver if that
20        police  officer  has  been  convicted  on  or  after  the
21        effective date of this amendatory  Act  of  1999  of  any
 
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 1        misdemeanor  specified in this Section or if committed in
 2        any other state would be an offense  similar  to  Section
 3        11-6,  11-9.1,  11-14,  11-17,  11-19, 12-2, 12-15, 16-1,
 4        17-1, 17-2, 28-3, 29-1, 31-1, 31-6, 31-7, 32-4a, or  32-7
 5        of  the  Criminal  Code of 1961 or to Section 5 or 5.2 of
 6        the Cannabis Control Act; or
 7             (3)  the subject of an administrative determination,
 8        conducted pursuant to the rules and  regulations  of  the
 9        law enforcement agency or department employing the police
10        officer, of knowingly committing perjury in a criminal or
11        quasicriminal  proceeding.   For  the  purposes  of  this
12        subsection, "perjury" shall have the meaning as set forth
13        in Section 32-2 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
14        The  Board  must  appoint  investigators  to  enforce the
15    duties conferred upon the Board by this Act.
16        (b)  It is the responsibility of the sheriff or the chief
17    executive officer of every local law  enforcement  agency  or
18    department  within  this  State  to  report  to the Board any
19    arrest,   administrative   determination   of   perjury,   or
20    conviction of any officer for an offense identified  in  this
21    Section.
22        (c)  It is the duty and responsibility of every full-time
23    and  part-time  police officer in this State to report to the
24    Board within 30 days, and  the  officer's  sheriff  or  chief
25    executive  officer,  of  his  or  her  arrest, administrative
26    determination  of  perjury,  or  conviction  for  an  offense
27    identified in this Section. Any full-time or part-time police
28    officer who knowingly makes, submits, causes to be submitted,
29    or files a false or untruthful report to the Board must  have
30    his  or  her certificate or waiver immediately decertified or
31    revoked.
32        (d)  Any person, or a local or State agency, or the Board
33    is immune  from  liability  for  submitting,  disclosing,  or
34    releasing     information    of    arrests,    administrative
 
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 1    determinations of perjury, or convictions in this Section  as
 2    long  as the information is submitted, disclosed, or released
 3    in good faith and without malice.  The  Board  has  qualified
 4    immunity for the release of the information.
 5        (e)  Any  full-time  or  part-time  police officer with a
 6    certificate or waiver issued by the Board who is convicted of
 7    any offense described in this Section or  is  subject  to  an
 8    administrative  determination of perjury immediately  becomes
 9    decertified  or  no  longer   has   a   valid   waiver.   The
10    decertification  and invalidity of waivers occurs as a matter
11    of law. Failure of a convicted person to report to the  Board
12    his  or  her  conviction  as described in this Section or any
13    continued  law  enforcement  practice   after   receiving   a
14    conviction  is a Class 4 felony.
15        (f)    The  Board's  investigators are peace officers and
16    have all the powers possessed by policemen in cities  and  by
17    sheriff's, provided that the investigators may exercise those
18    powers   anywhere  in  the  State,  only  after  contact  and
19    cooperation  with  the  appropriate  local  law   enforcement
20    authorities.
21        (g)  The  Board  must request and receive information and
22    assistance from any federal,  state,  or  local  governmental
23    agency   as   part  of  the  authorized  criminal  background
24    investigation.  The Department of State Police must  process,
25    retain,  and additionally provide and disseminate information
26    to  the   Board   concerning   criminal   charges,   arrests,
27    convictions,  and  their  disposition,  that  have been filed
28    before, on, or after the effective date  of  this  amendatory
29    Act  of  the  91st  General  Assembly against a basic academy
30    applicant, law  enforcement  applicant,  or  law  enforcement
31    officer whose fingerprint identification cards are on file or
32    maintained  by  the  Department of State Police.  The Federal
33    Bureau of Investigation must provide the Board  any  criminal
34    history  record information contained in its files pertaining
 
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 1    to law enforcement officers  or  any  applicant  to  a  Board
 2    certified  basic law enforcement academy as described in this
 3    Act based on fingerprint identification. The Board must  make
 4    payment  of  fees  to the Department of State Police for each
 5    fingerprint  card  submission   in   conformance   with   the
 6    requirements  of  paragraph  22  of  Section 55a of the Civil
 7    Administrative Code of Illinois.
 8    (Source: P.A. 91-495, eff. 1-1-00.)

 9        Section  10.  The Criminal Code of  1961  is  amended  by
10    changing Section 9-1 as follows:

11        (720 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-1)
12        Sec.  9-1.  First  degree  Murder  -  Death  penalties  -
13    Exceptions - Separate Hearings - Proof - Findings - Appellate
14    procedures - Reversals.
15        (a)  A  person  who  kills  an  individual without lawful
16    justification commits first degree murder if,  in  performing
17    the acts which cause the death:
18             (1)  he  either  intends  to kill or do great bodily
19        harm to that individual or another, or  knows  that  such
20        acts will cause death to that individual or another; or
21             (2)  he   knows  that  such  acts  create  a  strong
22        probability  of  death  or  great  bodily  harm  to  that
23        individual or another; or
24             (3)  he  is  attempting  or  committing  a  forcible
25        felony other than second degree murder.
26        (b)  Aggravating Factors.  A defendant:
27                  (i)  who at the time of the commission  of  the
28             offense has attained the age of 18 or more; and
29                  (ii)  and  who  has  been found guilty of first
30             degree murder;
31    may be sentenced to death if:
32             (1)  the murdered individual was a peace officer  or
 
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 1        fireman  killed  in the course of performing his official
 2        duties,  to  prevent  the  performance  of  his  official
 3        duties, or in retaliation  for  performing  his  official
 4        duties,  and the defendant knew or should have known that
 5        the murdered individual was a peace officer  or  fireman;
 6        or
 7             (2)  the  murdered  individual was an employee of an
 8        institution or facility of the Department of Corrections,
 9        or any similar local correctional agency, killed  in  the
10        course  of performing his official duties, to prevent the
11        performance of his official duties, or in retaliation for
12        performing  his  official   duties,   or   the   murdered
13        individual  was an inmate at such institution or facility
14        and was killed on the grounds thereof,  or  the  murdered
15        individual  was  otherwise present in such institution or
16        facility with the knowledge and  approval  of  the  chief
17        administrative officer thereof; or
18             (3)  the  defendant  has been convicted of murdering
19        two or more individuals  under  subsection  (a)  of  this
20        Section  or  under any law of the United States or of any
21        state which is substantially similar to subsection (a) of
22        this Section regardless  of whether the  deaths  occurred
23        as  the  result  of the same act or of several related or
24        unrelated acts so long as the deaths were the  result  of
25        either  an  intent  to  kill  more  than one person or of
26        separate acts which the defendant knew would cause  death
27        or  create  a strong probability of death or great bodily
28        harm to the murdered individual or another; or
29             (4)  the murdered individual was killed as a  result
30        of  the  hijacking  of  an  airplane, train, ship, bus or
31        other public conveyance; or
32             (5)  the defendant committed the murder pursuant  to
33        a contract, agreement or understanding by which he was to
34        receive   money  or  anything  of  value  in  return  for
 
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 1        committing the murder or procured another to  commit  the
 2        murder for money or anything of value; or
 3             (6)  the  murdered  individual  was  killed  in  the
 4        course of another felony if:
 5                  (a)  the murdered individual:
 6                       (i)  was actually killed by the defendant,
 7                  or
 8                       (ii)  received      physical      injuries
 9                  personally    inflicted    by   the   defendant
10                  substantially contemporaneously  with  physical
11                  injuries  caused  by  one  or  more persons for
12                  whose  conduct   the   defendant   is   legally
13                  accountable under Section 5-2 of this Code, and
14                  the  physical  injuries inflicted by either the
15                  defendant or the other person  or  persons  for
16                  whose  conduct he is legally accountable caused
17                  the death of the murdered individual; and
18                  (b)  in performing the acts  which  caused  the
19             death  of  the murdered individual or which resulted
20             in physical injuries  personally  inflicted  by  the
21             defendant  on  the  murdered  individual  under  the
22             circumstances  of  subdivision  (ii) of subparagraph
23             (a) of paragraph  (6)  of  subsection  (b)  of  this
24             Section, the defendant acted with the intent to kill
25             the  murdered  individual or with the knowledge that
26             his acts created a strong probability  of  death  or
27             great  bodily  harm  to  the  murdered individual or
28             another; and
29                  (c)  the other felony was one of the following:
30             armed robbery, armed  violence,  robbery,  predatory
31             criminal  sexual  assault  of  a  child,  aggravated
32             criminal   sexual  assault,  aggravated  kidnapping,
33             aggravated vehicular hijacking, forcible  detention,
34             arson,   aggravated   arson,   aggravated  stalking,
 
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 1             burglary,  residential  burglary,   home   invasion,
 2             calculated  criminal  drug  conspiracy as defined in
 3             Section 405 of the  Illinois  Controlled  Substances
 4             Act,  streetgang criminal drug conspiracy as defined
 5             in  Section  405.2  of   the   Illinois   Controlled
 6             Substances  Act, or the attempt to commit any of the
 7             felonies listed in this subsection (c); or
 8             (7)  the murdered individual was under 12  years  of
 9        age  and  the death resulted from exceptionally brutal or
10        heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty; or
11             (8)  the defendant committed the murder with  intent
12        to prevent the murdered individual from testifying in any
13        criminal prosecution or giving material assistance to the
14        State in any investigation or prosecution, either against
15        the  defendant or another; or the defendant committed the
16        murder because the murdered individual was a  witness  in
17        any  prosecution or gave material assistance to the State
18        in any investigation or prosecution, either  against  the
19        defendant or another; or
20             (9)  the  defendant,  while  committing  an  offense
21        punishable  under Sections 401, 401.1, 401.2, 405, 405.2,
22        407 or 407.1 or subsection (b)  of  Section  404  of  the
23        Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or while engaged in a
24        conspiracy   or  solicitation  to  commit  such  offense,
25        intentionally  killed   an   individual   or   counseled,
26        commanded,  induced,  procured  or caused the intentional
27        killing of the murdered individual; or
28             (10)  the   defendant   was   incarcerated   in   an
29        institution or facility of the Department of  Corrections
30        at  the  time  of  the  murder,  and  while committing an
31        offense punishable as a felony  under  Illinois  law,  or
32        while  engaged  in a conspiracy or solicitation to commit
33        such  offense,  intentionally  killed  an  individual  or
34        counseled, commanded, induced,  procured  or  caused  the
 
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 1        intentional killing of the murdered individual; or
 2             (11)  the murder was committed in a cold, calculated
 3        and  premeditated manner pursuant to a preconceived plan,
 4        scheme or design to take a human life by unlawful  means,
 5        and  the  conduct  of  the defendant created a reasonable
 6        expectation that the death of a human being would  result
 7        therefrom; or
 8             (12)  the   murdered  individual  was  an  emergency
 9        medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
10        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
11        paramedic,  ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
12        or first aid personnel, employed  by  a  municipality  or
13        other   governmental   unit,  killed  in  the  course  of
14        performing  his   official   duties,   to   prevent   the
15        performance of his official duties, or in retaliation for
16        performing his official duties, and the defendant knew or
17        should  have  known  that  the murdered individual was an
18        emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,   emergency
19        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
20        technician   -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or  other
21        medical assistance or first aid personnel; or
22             (13)  the defendant was a  principal  administrator,
23        organizer,  or  leader  of  a  calculated  criminal  drug
24        conspiracy  consisting  of  a  hierarchical  position  of
25        authority  superior  to  that of all other members of the
26        conspiracy,  and  the  defendant  counseled,   commanded,
27        induced,  procured,  or caused the intentional killing of
28        the murdered person; or
29             (14)  the murder was intentional  and  involved  the
30        infliction  of  torture.  For the purpose of this Section
31        torture means the infliction of or subjection to  extreme
32        physical  pain,  motivated  by  an  intent to increase or
33        prolong the pain, suffering or agony of the victim; or
34             (15)  the murder was committed as a  result  of  the
 
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 1        intentional  discharge of a firearm by the defendant from
 2        a motor vehicle and the victim was not present within the
 3        motor vehicle; or
 4             (16)  the murdered individual was 60 years of age or
 5        older and the death resulted from exceptionally brutal or
 6        heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty; or
 7             (17)  the murdered individual was a disabled  person
 8        and  the  defendant  knew  or  should have known that the
 9        murdered individual was disabled.  For purposes  of  this
10        paragraph  (17),  "disabled  person"  means  a person who
11        suffers from a permanent physical  or  mental  impairment
12        resulting from disease, an injury, a functional disorder,
13        or   a  congenital  condition  that  renders  the  person
14        incapable of adequately providing  for  his  or  her  own
15        health or personal care; or
16             (18)  the  murder  was  committed  by  reason of any
17        person's activity as a community policing volunteer or to
18        prevent  any  person  from  engaging  in  activity  as  a
19        community policing volunteer; or
20             (19)  the murdered  individual  was  subject  to  an
21        order  of  protection  and  the murder was committed by a
22        person against whom the  same  order  of  protection  was
23        issued  under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986;
24        or
25             (20)  the  murdered  individual  was  known  by  the
26        defendant to be a teacher or other person employed in any
27        school and the teacher or  other  employee  is  upon  the
28        grounds  of  a school or grounds adjacent to a school, or
29        is in any part of a building used for school purposes.
30          (c)  Consideration  of  factors  in   aggravation   and
31    mitigation.
32        The court shall also consider, or shall also instruct the
33    jury  to  consider any aggravating and any mitigating factors
34    which are relevant to the imposition of  the  death  penalty.
 
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 1    Aggravating  factors  may  include but need not be limited to
 2    those factors set forth in subsection (b). Mitigating factors
 3    may include but need not be limited to the following:
 4             (1)  the defendant has  no  significant  history  of
 5        prior criminal activity;
 6             (2)  the  murder  was  committed while the defendant
 7        was under the influence of extreme  mental  or  emotional
 8        disturbance, although not such as to constitute a defense
 9        to prosecution;
10             (3)  the  murdered  individual  was a participant in
11        the defendant's homicidal conduct  or  consented  to  the
12        homicidal act;
13             (4)  the  defendant  acted  under  the compulsion of
14        threat or menace of the imminent infliction of  death  or
15        great bodily harm;
16             (5)  the defendant was not personally present during
17        commission of the act or acts causing death.
18        (d)  Separate sentencing hearing.
19        Where  requested  by the State, the court shall conduct a
20    separate sentencing proceeding to determine the existence  of
21    factors  set  forth  in  subsection  (b)  and to consider any
22    aggravating or mitigating factors as indicated in  subsection
23    (c).  The proceeding shall be conducted:
24             (1)  before the jury that determined the defendant's
25        guilt; or
26             (2)  before a jury impanelled for the purpose of the
27        proceeding if:
28                  A.  the  defendant was convicted upon a plea of
29             guilty; or
30                  B.  the defendant was convicted after  a  trial
31             before the court sitting without a jury; or
32                  C.  the  court  for good cause shown discharges
33             the jury that determined the defendant's guilt; or
34             (3)  before the court alone if the defendant  waives
 
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 1        a jury for the separate proceeding.
 2        (e)  Evidence and Argument.
 3        During  the proceeding any information relevant to any of
 4    the factors set forth in subsection (b) may be  presented  by
 5    either  the  State or the defendant under the rules governing
 6    the  admission  of  evidence   at   criminal   trials.    Any
 7    information relevant to any additional aggravating factors or
 8    any  mitigating  factors  indicated  in subsection (c) may be
 9    presented  by  the  State  or  defendant  regardless  of  its
10    admissibility under the  rules  governing  the  admission  of
11    evidence  at  criminal  trials.  The  State and the defendant
12    shall be given fair  opportunity  to  rebut  any  information
13    received at the hearing.
14        (f)  Proof.
15        The  burden of proof of establishing the existence of any
16    of the factors set forth in subsection (b) is  on  the  State
17    and  shall  not  be  satisfied  unless  established  beyond a
18    reasonable doubt.
19        (g)  Procedure - Jury.
20        If at the separate sentencing proceeding the  jury  finds
21    that  none of the factors set forth in subsection (b) exists,
22    the  court  shall  sentence  the  defendant  to  a  term   of
23    imprisonment   under   Chapter  V  of  the  Unified  Code  of
24    Corrections.  If there is a unanimous  finding  by  the  jury
25    that  one  or more of the factors set forth in subsection (b)
26    exist, the jury shall  consider  aggravating  and  mitigating
27    factors  as  instructed  by  the  court  and  shall determine
28    whether the sentence of death shall be imposed. If the  issue
29    is  raised  by  the  defendant, the jury shall also determine
30    whether the defendant is  mentally  retarded  as  defined  by
31    Section 5-2-7 of the Unified Code of Corrections. If the jury
32    determines  unanimously  that there are no mitigating factors
33    sufficient to preclude the imposition of the death  sentence,
34    the  court shall sentence the defendant to death. If the jury
 
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 1    determines that the defendant is mentally retarded, the court
 2    shall sentence the defendant to a term of imprisonment  under
 3    Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
 4        Unless  the  jury  unanimously  finds  that  there are no
 5    mitigating factors sufficient to preclude the  imposition  of
 6    the  death sentence the court shall sentence the defendant to
 7    a term of imprisonment under Chapter V of the Unified Code of
 8    Corrections.
 9        (h)  Procedure - No Jury.
10        In a proceeding before the  court  alone,  if  the  court
11    finds  that  none  of  the  factors  found  in subsection (b)
12    exists, the court shall sentence the defendant to a  term  of
13    imprisonment   under  Chapter  V  of   the  Unified  Code  of
14    Corrections.
15        If the Court determines that one or more of  the  factors
16    set  forth in subsection (b) exists, the Court shall consider
17    any  aggravating  and  mitigating  factors  as  indicated  in
18    subsection (c).  If the Court determines that  there  are  no
19    mitigating  factors  sufficient to preclude the imposition of
20    the death sentence, the Court shall sentence the defendant to
21    death. If the court determines that the defendant is mentally
22    retarded as defined by Section 5-2-7 of the Unified  Code  of
23    Corrections after the issue has been raised by the defendant,
24    the   court  shall  sentence  the  defendant  to  a  term  of
25    imprisonment  under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified   Code   of
26    Corrections.
27        Unless  the  court  finds  that  there  are no mitigating
28    factors sufficient to preclude the imposition of the sentence
29    of death, the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of
30    imprisonment  under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified   Code   of
31    Corrections.
32        (i)  Appellate Procedure.
33        The  conviction and sentence of death shall be subject to
34    automatic review by the Supreme Court.  Such review shall  be
 
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 1    in accordance with rules promulgated by the Supreme Court. In
 2    addition  to any procedural grounds for relief from the death
 3    sentence that may otherwise be authorized by law, the Supreme
 4    Court shall, for a first degree murder committed on or  after
 5    the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
 6    Assembly  in  which  the  death  penalty is imposed, have the
 7    authority to overturn  the  death  sentence,  and  order  the
 8    imposition  of a term of life imprisonment under Chapter V of
 9    the Unified Code of Corrections, if it finds that  the  death
10    sentence is fundamentally unjust as applied to the particular
11    case.    A  finding  that  a  particular  death  sentence was
12    fundamentally unjust means that upon an  examination  of  the
13    entire  record,  including  the circumstances of the crime or
14    the character of the defendant, it  is  determined  that  the
15    death  penalty  should not be imposed in the particular case.
16    Such  a  determination  does  not  mean  that  any   of   the
17    defendant's  procedural  rights were violated. If the Supreme
18    Court finds that the death sentence is  fundamentally  unjust
19    as  applied  to  the  particular  case,  independent  of  any
20    procedural  grounds  for  relief,  it  shall  issue a written
21    opinion explaining this finding, but in no event shall such a
22    finding serve as precedent for the appellate  review  of  any
23    other case in which a sentence of death is imposed.
24        (j)  Disposition of reversed death sentence.
25        In  the  event that the death penalty in this Act is held
26    to be unconstitutional by the Supreme  Court  of  the  United
27    States  or  of the State of Illinois, any person convicted of
28    first degree murder shall be sentenced by the court to a term
29    of imprisonment under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified  Code  of
30    Corrections.
31        In  the  event  that  any  death sentence pursuant to the
32    sentencing   provisions   of   this   Section   is   declared
33    unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States or
34    of the State of Illinois, the court having jurisdiction  over
 
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 1    a  person  previously  sentenced  to  death  shall  cause the
 2    defendant to be brought before the court, and the court shall
 3    sentence the  defendant  to  a  term  of  imprisonment  under
 4    Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
 5    (Source: P.A.  90-213,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-651,  eff.  1-1-99;
 6    90-668, eff.  1-1-99;  91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-434,  eff.
 7    1-1-00.)

 8        Section  15.  The  Code  of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
 9    amended by changing Sections 114-13, 116-3, 122-1, 122-2, and
10    122-3 and by adding Sections 114-15 and 122-6.1 as follows:

11        (725 ILCS 5/114-13) (from Ch. 38, par. 114-13)
12        Sec. 114-13.  Discovery in criminal cases.
13        (a)  Discovery procedures in criminal cases shall  be  in
14    accordance with Supreme Court Rules.
15        (b)  Any  investigative, law enforcement, or other agency
16    responsible  for  investigating   any   felony   offense   or
17    participating in an investigation of any felony offense shall
18    provide  to the authority prosecuting the offense all reports
19    that have been generated by or have come into the  possession
20    of  the  investigating  agency  concerning  the offense being
21    investigated.  In addition, the  investigating  agency  shall
22    provide   to   the  prosecuting  authority  any  material  or
23    information within its possession or control that would  tend
24    to  negate the guilt of the accused of the offense charged or
25    reduce  his  or  her  punishment  for  the  offense.    Every
26    investigative  and law enforcement agency in this State shall
27    adopt policies to ensure compliance with these provisions.
28    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2836.)

29        (725 ILCS 5/114-15 new)
30        Sec.  114-15.  Motion  for   genetic   marker   groupings
31    comparison analysis.
 
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 1        (a)  Upon  a  defendant's  pre-trial  motion, a court may
 2    order a comparison analysis by the Department of State Police
 3    with  those  genetic  marker   groupings   maintained   under
 4    subsection  (f)  of  Section  5-4-3  of  the  Unified Code of
 5    Corrections if the  defendant  meets  all  of  the  following
 6    requirements:
 7             (1)  The defendant shows good cause.
 8             (2)  The defendant is charged with any offense.
 9             (3)  The defendant seeks for the Department of State
10        Police to identify genetic marker groupings from evidence
11        collected  by  criminal justice agencies or the defendant
12        pursuant to the alleged offense.
13             (4)  The  defendant  seeks  comparison  analysis  of
14        genetic  marker   groupings   of   the   evidence   under
15        subdivision  (3)  to  those of the defendant, to those of
16        other forensic evidence, and to  those  maintained  under
17        subsection  (f)  of  Section 5-4-3 of the Unified Code of
18        Corrections.
19             (5)  Genetic  marker  grouping  analysis   must   be
20        performed  by  a  laboratory  compliant  with the quality
21        assurance standards required by the Department  of  State
22        Police for genetic marker grouping analysis comparisons.
23             (6)  Reasonable notice of the motion shall be served
24        upon the State.
25        (b)  The  Department of State Police may promulgate rules
26    for the  types  of  comparisons  performed  and  the  quality
27    assurance standards required for submission of genetic marker
28    groupings.   The  provisions of the Administrative Review Law
29    shall  apply  to  all  actions  taken  under  the  rules   so
30    promulgated.

31        (725 ILCS 5/116-3)
32        Sec.  116-3.  Motion  for fingerprint or forensic testing
33    not available at trial regarding actual innocence.
 
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 1        (a)  A defendant may make a motion before the trial court
 2    that entered the judgment of conviction in his  or  her  case
 3    for  the  performance of fingerprint or forensic DNA testing,
 4    including comparison analysis of genetic marker groupings  of
 5    the  evidence collected by criminal justice agencies pursuant
 6    to the alleged offense, to those of the defendant,  to  those
 7    of  other  forensic  evidence,  and to those maintained under
 8    subsection (f) of  Section  5-4-3  of  the  Unified  Code  of
 9    Corrections,  on evidence that was secured in relation to the
10    trial which resulted in his or her conviction, but which  was
11    not subject to the testing which is now requested because the
12    technology  for  the testing was not available at the time of
13    trial.  Reasonable notice of the motion shall be served  upon
14    the State.
15        (b)  The defendant must present a prima facie case that:
16             (1)  identity  was  the  issue  in  the  trial which
17        resulted in his or her conviction; and
18             (2)  the evidence to be tested has been subject to a
19        chain of custody sufficient to establish that it has  not
20        been  substituted, tampered with, replaced, or altered in
21        any material aspect.
22        (c)  The  trial  court  shall  allow  the  testing  under
23    reasonable  conditions  designed  to  protect   the   State's
24    interests  in  the  integrity of the evidence and the testing
25    process upon a determination that:
26             (1)  the result of the testing  has  the  scientific
27        potential   to   produce   new,   noncumulative  evidence
28        materially  relevant  to  the  defendant's  assertion  of
29        actual innocence;
30             (2)  the  testing  requested  employs  a  scientific
31        method generally accepted within the relevant  scientific
32        community.
33    (Source: P.A. 90-141, eff. 1-1-98.)
 
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 1        (725 ILCS 5/122-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 122-1)
 2        Sec. 122-1. Petition in the trial court.
 3        (a)  Any   person  imprisoned  in  the  penitentiary  who
 4    asserts that in the proceedings which resulted in his or  her
 5    conviction  there  was  a  substantial  denial  of his or her
 6    rights under the Constitution of the United States or of  the
 7    State  of  Illinois  or both may institute a proceeding under
 8    this Article.    Under  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of
 9    Illinois,  an  assertion  of  substantial  denial  of  rights
10    pursuant  to this Article includes, but is not limited to, an
11    independent  claim  of  actual  innocence  based   on   newly
12    discovered evidence.
13        (b)  The proceeding shall be commenced by filing with the
14    clerk  of  the  court  in  which  the conviction took place a
15    petition  (together  with  a  copy   thereof)   verified   by
16    affidavit.  Petitioner shall also serve another copy upon the
17    State's  Attorney by any of the methods provided in Rule 7 of
18    the Supreme Court.  The clerk shall docket the  petition  for
19    consideration  by  the court pursuant to Section 122-2.1 upon
20    his or her receipt thereof and bring the same promptly to the
21    attention of the court.
22        (c)  A proceeding  on  an  independent  claim  of  actual
23    innocence   based   on  newly  discovered  evidence  must  be
24    commenced within 2 years  after  the  discovery  of  the  new
25    evidence  by  the  defendant. No other proceedings under this
26    Article shall be commenced  more  than  6  months  after  the
27    denial  of  a  petition  for leave  to appeal or the date for
28    filing such a petition if none is filed or more than 45  days
29    after  the  defendant files his or her brief in the appeal of
30    the sentence before the Illinois Supreme Court (or more  than
31    45  days after the deadline for the filing of the defendant's
32    brief with the Illinois Supreme Court if no brief  is  filed)
33    or  3 years from the date of conviction, whichever is sooner,
34    unless the petitioner alleges facts showing  that  the  delay
 
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 1    was not due to his or her culpable negligence.
 2        (d)  A  person  seeking relief by filing a petition under
 3    this Section must specify in the petition or its heading that
 4    it is filed under this Section.    A  trial  court  that  has
 5    received  a  petition complaining of a conviction or sentence
 6    that fails to specify in the petition or its heading that  it
 7    is filed under this Section need not evaluate the petition to
 8    determine whether it could otherwise have stated some grounds
 9    for relief under this Article.
10        (e)  A proceeding under this Article may not be commenced
11    on  behalf  of  a  defendant  who has been sentenced to death
12    without the written consent  of  the  defendant,  unless  the
13    defendant,  because  of  a  mental  or physical condition, is
14    incapable of asserting his or her own claim.
15    (Source: P.A.  89-284,  eff.  1-1-96;  89-609,  eff.  1-1-97;
16    89-684, eff. 6-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

17        (725 ILCS 5/122-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 122-2)
18        Sec. 122-2.  Contents of petition.
19        The  petition  shall identify the proceeding in which the
20    petitioner was convicted, give the date of the  rendition  of
21    the  final  judgment complained of, and clearly set forth the
22    respects in which  petitioner's  constitutional  rights  were
23    violated.    If  the petition asserts an independent claim of
24    actual innocence based on newly discovered evidence, it  must
25    set  forth  the  nature of the evidence and demonstrate that:
26    (i) the new evidence was  discovered  since  the  defendant's
27    trial;  and  (ii)   the  new  evidence  could  not  have been
28    discovered prior to trial by the exercise of  due  diligence.
29    The petition shall have attached thereto affidavits, records,
30    or  other  evidence supporting its allegations or shall state
31    why the same are not attached. The  petition  shall  identify
32    any  previous  proceedings that the petitioner may have taken
33    to secure relief from his conviction. Argument and  citations
 
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 1    and  discussion  of  authorities  shall  be  omitted from the
 2    petition.
 3    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2836.)

 4        (725 ILCS 5/122-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 122-3)
 5        Sec. 122-3.  Waiver of claims.
 6        Any claim of substantial denial of constitutional  rights
 7    not  raised in the original or an amended petition is waived.
 8    This provision does not apply to independent claims of actual
 9    innocence based on newly discovered evidence.
10    (Source: Laws 1963, p. 2836.)

11        (725 ILCS 5/122-6.1 new)
12        Sec. 122-6.1.  Actual innocence hearing.
13        (a)  At  a  hearing  on  a  petition  that   asserts   an
14    independent   claim   of  actual  innocence  based  on  newly
15    discovered evidence, the burden is on the defendant to  prove
16    his  or  her  actual innocence.  At no time in such a hearing
17    shall  the  defendant  be  entitled  to  a   presumption   of
18    innocence.   It  is presumed that the verdict rendered at the
19    trial in which the defendant was convicted was  correct,  and
20    the burden is on the defendant to rebut this presumption.
21        (b)  The  defendant, at an actual innocence hearing, must
22    prove his or her actual innocence  by  clear  and  convincing
23    evidence.
24        (c)  In an actual innocence hearing, the court shall make
25    a  determination  about  the reliability and admissibility of
26    the newly discovered evidence.  Only if the court finds  that
27    the evidence of the defendant's actual innocence is clear and
28    convincing  and  of such a conclusive character that it would
29    likely change the result of the defendant's trial  shall  the
30    court order a new trial for the defendant.

31        Section   20.   The  Capital  Crimes  Litigation  Act  is
 
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 1    amended by changing Sections 15 and 19 as follows:

 2        (725 ILCS 124/15)
 3        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2004)
 4        Sec. 15.  Capital Litigation Trust Fund.
 5        (a)  The  Capital  Litigation  Trust Fund is created as a
 6    special fund in the State Treasury.  The Trust Fund shall  be
 7    administered by the State Treasurer to provide moneys for the
 8    appropriations   to  be  made,  grants  to  be  awarded,  and
 9    compensation and expenses to be paid under  this  Act.    All
10    interest  earned  from  the  investment  or deposit of moneys
11    accumulated in the Trust Fund shall, under Section 4.1 of the
12    State Finance Act,  be deposited into the Trust Fund.
13        (b)  Moneys deposited into the Trust Fund  shall  not  be
14    considered general revenue of the State of Illinois.
15        (c)  Moneys  deposited  into the Trust Fund shall be used
16    exclusively for the purposes of  providing  funding  for  the
17    prosecution  and defense of capital cases as provided in this
18    Act and shall not be appropriated, loaned, or in  any  manner
19    transferred  to  the  General  Revenue  Fund  of the State of
20    Illinois.
21        (d)  Every fiscal year the State Treasurer shall transfer
22    from the General Revenue Fund to the Capital Litigation Trust
23    Fund  an  amount  equal  to  the  full   amount   of   moneys
24    appropriated  by  the  General Assembly (both by original and
25    supplemental appropriation), less any unexpended balance from
26    the previous fiscal year, from the Capital  Litigation  Trust
27    Fund for the specific purpose of making funding available for
28    the  prosecution  and  defense  of capital cases.  The Public
29    Defender and State's  Attorney  in  Cook  County,  the  State
30    Appellate   Defender,   the   State's   Attorneys   Appellate
31    Prosecutor,  and  the  Attorney  General  shall  make  annual
32    requests for appropriations from the Trust Fund.
33             (1)  The   Public  Defender  in  Cook  County  shall
 
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 1        request  appropriations  to  the  State   Treasurer   for
 2        expenses  incurred by the Public Defender and for funding
 3        for private appointed defense counsel in Cook  County.
 4             (2)  The  State's  Attorney  in  Cook  County  shall
 5        request an  appropriation  to  the  State  Treasurer  for
 6        expenses incurred by the State's Attorney.
 7             (3)  The  State  Appellate  Defender shall request a
 8        direct appropriation from the  Trust  Fund  for  expenses
 9        incurred  by  the  State  Appellate Defender in providing
10        assistance  to  trial  attorneys  under  item  (c)(5)  of
11        Section 10 of the State Appellate  Defender  Act  and  an
12        appropriation  to  the  State Treasurer for payments from
13        the Trust Fund for the defense of cases in counties other
14        than Cook County.
15             (4)  The  State's  Attorneys  Appellate   Prosecutor
16        shall  request a direct appropriation from the Trust Fund
17        to  pay  expenses  incurred  by  the  State's   Attorneys
18        Appellate  Prosecutor  and  an appropriation to the State
19        Treasurer for payments from the Trust Fund  for  expenses
20        incurred by State's Attorneys in counties other than Cook
21        County.
22             (5)  The  Attorney  General  shall  request a direct
23        appropriation  from  the  Trust  Fund  to  pay   expenses
24        incurred by the Attorney General in assisting the State's
25        Attorneys in counties other than Cook County.
26        The  Public Defender and State's Attorney in Cook County,
27    the State Appellate Defender, the State's Attorneys Appellate
28    Prosecutor,  and  the  Attorney  General  may  each   request
29    supplemental  appropriations  from  the Trust Fund during the
30    fiscal year.
31        (e)  Moneys in the Trust Fund shall be expended  only  as
32    follows:
33             (1)  To   pay   the   State   Treasurer's  costs  to
34        administer the Trust Fund.  The amount for  this  purpose
 
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 1        may  not  exceed  5% in any one fiscal year of the amount
 2        otherwise appropriated from the Trust Fund  in  the  same
 3        fiscal year.
 4             (2)  To pay the capital litigation expenses of trial
 5        defense  including,  but  not  limited  to,  DNA testing,
 6        analysis, and expert testimony, investigatory  and  other
 7        assistance,  expert,  forensic,  and other witnesses, and
 8        mitigation specialists, and grants and  aid  provided  to
 9        public defenders or assistance to attorneys who have been
10        appointed  by  the  court to represent defendants who are
11        charged with capital crimes.
12             (3)  To pay the  compensation  of  trial  attorneys,
13        other  than  public defenders, who have been appointed by
14        the court to represent defendants who  are  charged  with
15        capital crimes.
16             (4)  To  provide  State's Attorneys with funding for
17        capital litigation expenses including,  but  not  limited
18        to,   investigatory  and  other  assistance  and  expert,
19        forensic, and other  witnesses  necessary  to   prosecute
20        capital  cases.    State's  Attorneys in any county other
21        than Cook County seeking funding for  capital  litigation
22        expenses including, but not limited to, investigatory and
23        other assistance and expert, forensic, or other witnesses
24        under this Section may request that the State's Attorneys
25        Appellate Prosecutor or the Attorney General, as the case
26        may  be,  certify  the expenses as reasonable, necessary,
27        and appropriate for payment from the  Trust  Fund,  on  a
28        form  created by the State Treasurer.  Upon certification
29        of the expenses and delivery of the certification to  the
30        State  Treasurer,  the  Treasurer  shall pay the expenses
31        directly from the Capital Litigation Trust Fund if  there
32        are  sufficient  moneys  in  the  Trust  Fund  to pay the
33        expenses.
34             (5)  To  provide  financial  support   through   the
 
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 1        Attorney General pursuant to the Attorney General Act for
 2        the  several  county  State's  Attorneys  outside of Cook
 3        County, but shall not be used to increase  personnel  for
 4        the Attorney General's Office.
 5             (6)  To   provide   financial  support  through  the
 6        State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor  pursuant  to  the
 7        State's  Attorneys  Appellate  Prosecutor's  Act  for the
 8        several county State's Attorneys outside of Cook  County,
 9        but  shall  not  be  used  to  increase personnel for the
10        State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor.
11             (7)  To  provide  financial  support  to  the  State
12        Appellate  Defender  pursuant  to  the  State   Appellate
13        Defender Act.
14        Moneys  expended from the Trust Fund shall be in addition
15    to county funding for Public Defenders and State's Attorneys,
16    and shall not be used to  supplant  or  reduce  ordinary  and
17    customary county funding.
18        (f)  Moneys  in  the  Trust Fund shall be appropriated to
19    the State Appellate Defender, the State's Attorneys Appellate
20    Prosecutor, the Attorney General, and  the  State  Treasurer.
21    The  State  Appellate Defender shall receive an appropriation
22    from the Trust Fund to enable it  to  provide  assistance  to
23    appointed  defense counsel throughout the State and to Public
24    Defenders in counties other than Cook.  The State's Attorneys
25    Appellate Prosecutor and the Attorney General  shall  receive
26    appropriations  from the Trust Fund to enable them to provide
27    assistance to State's Attorneys in counties other  than  Cook
28    County.   Moneys shall be appropriated to the State Treasurer
29    to enable the Treasurer (i) to make grants  to  Cook  County,
30    (ii)  to  pay  the  expenses  of Public Defenders and State's
31    Attorneys in counties other than Cook County,  (iii)  to  pay
32    the expenses and compensation of appointed defense counsel in
33    counties other than Cook County, and (iv) to pay the costs of
34    administering  the  Trust  Fund.  All expenditures and grants
 
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 1    made from the Trust Fund shall be subject  to  audit  by  the
 2    Auditor General.
 3        (g)  For Cook County, grants from the Trust Fund shall be
 4    made and administered as follows:
 5             (1)  For   each   State  fiscal  year,  the  State's
 6        Attorney and Public Defender must each  make  a  separate
 7        application to the State Treasurer for capital litigation
 8        grants.
 9             (2)  The  State  Treasurer shall establish rules and
10        procedures  for  grant  applications.   The  rules  shall
11        require the Cook County Treasurer as the grant  recipient
12        to  report on a periodic basis to the State Treasurer how
13        much of the grant has been  expended,  how  much  of  the
14        grant  is remaining, and the purposes for which the grant
15        has been used.  The  rules  may  also  require  the  Cook
16        County  Treasurer  to  certify  on  a periodic basis that
17        expenditures of the funds have  been  made  for  expenses
18        that  are  reasonable,  necessary,  and  appropriate  for
19        payment from the Trust Fund.
20             (3)  The  State  Treasurer  shall make the grants to
21        the Cook County Treasurer as soon as possible  after  the
22        beginning of the State fiscal year.
23             (4)  The  State's  Attorney  or  Public Defender may
24        apply for supplemental grants during the fiscal year.
25             (5)  Grant moneys shall be paid to the  Cook  County
26        Treasurer  in  block grants and held in separate accounts
27        for the State's Attorney, the Public Defender, and  court
28        appointed  defense  counsel  other  than  the Cook County
29        Public Defender, respectively, for the designated  fiscal
30        year, and are not subject to county appropriation.
31             (6)  Expenditure   of   grant   moneys   under  this
32        subsection  (g)  is  subject  to  audit  by  the  Auditor
33        General.
34             (7)  The Cook  County  Treasurer  shall  immediately
 
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 1        make payment from the appropriate separate account in the
 2        county  treasury  for  capital litigation expenses to the
 3        State's Attorney, Public  Defender,  or  court  appointed
 4        defense  counsel  other  than the Public Defender, as the
 5        case may be, upon order of the State's  Attorney,  Public
 6        Defender or the court, respectively.
 7        (h)  If  a  defendant in a capital case in Cook County is
 8    represented by court appointed counsel other  than  the  Cook
 9    County  Public Defender, the appointed counsel shall petition
10    the court for an order directing the Cook County Treasurer to
11    pay the court appointed counsel's  reasonable  and  necessary
12    compensation  and  capital  litigation  expenses  from  grant
13    moneys provided from the Trust Fund. These petitions shall be
14    considered   in   camera.    Orders   denying  petitions  for
15    compensation or expenses are final. Counsel may not  petition
16    for  expenses  that  may have been provided or compensated by
17    the State Appellate Defender under item (c)(5) of Section  10
18    of the State Appellate Defender Act.
19        (i)  In  counties  other  than Cook County, and excluding
20    capital litigation expenses or services that  may  have  been
21    provided by the State Appellate Defender under item (c)(5) of
22    Section 10 of the State Appellate Defender Act:
23             (1)  Upon  certification  by the circuit court, on a
24        form created by  the  State  Treasurer,  that  all  or  a
25        portion  of  the  expenses are reasonable, necessary, and
26        appropriate for payment  from  the  Trust  Fund  and  the
27        court's  delivery  of the certification to the Treasurer,
28        the Treasurer shall pay the certified expenses of  Public
29        Defenders  from  the  money appropriated to the Treasurer
30        for capital litigation expenses of  Public  Defenders  in
31        any   county   other  than  Cook  County,  if  there  are
32        sufficient moneys in the Trust Fund to pay the expenses.
33             (2)  If a defendant in a capital case is represented
34        by  court  appointed  counsel  other  than   the   Public
 
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 1        Defender,  the appointed counsel shall petition the court
 2        to certify compensation and capital  litigation  expenses
 3        including,  but  not  limited to, investigatory and other
 4        assistance, expert, forensic, and  other  witnesses,  and
 5        mitigation  specialists  as  reasonable,  necessary,  and
 6        appropriate  for  payment  from  the  Trust  Fund.   Upon
 7        certification on a form created by the State Treasurer of
 8        all  or  a  portion  of  the  compensation  and  expenses
 9        certified  as  reasonable, necessary, and appropriate for
10        payment from the Trust Fund and the court's  delivery  of
11        the  certification  to the Treasurer, the State Treasurer
12        shall pay the certified compensation  and  expenses  from
13        the money appropriated to the Treasurer for that purpose,
14        if  there are sufficient moneys in the Trust Fund to make
15        those payments.
16             (3)  A  petition  for  capital  litigation  expenses
17        under this subsection  shall  be  considered  in  camera.
18        Orders denying petitions for compensation or expenses are
19        final.
20        (j)  If the Trust Fund is discontinued or dissolved by an
21    Act  of  the  General  Assembly  or  by operation of law, any
22    balance remaining in the Trust Fund shall be returned to  the
23    General Revenue Fund after deduction of administrative costs,
24    any   other   provision   of   this   Act   to  the  contrary
25    notwithstanding.
26    (Source: P.A. 91-589, eff. 1-1-00.)

27        (725 ILCS 124/19)
28        (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2004)
29        Sec. 19.  Report; repeal.
30        (a)  The Cook County Public  Defender,  the  Cook  County
31    State's  Attorney,  the State Appellate Defender, the State's
32    Attorneys Appellate  Prosecutor,  and  the  Attorney  General
33    shall  each  report  separately  to  the  General Assembly by
 
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 1    January 1, 2004 detailing the amounts of  money  received  by
 2    them  through  this  Act, the uses for which those funds were
 3    expended, the balances then in the Capital  Litigation  Trust
 4    Fund   or  county  accounts, as the case may be, dedicated to
 5    them for the use and support of Public  Defenders,  appointed
 6    trial defense counsel, and State's Attorneys, as the case may
 7    be.   The  report  shall  describe  and  discuss the need for
 8    continued  funding  through  the   Fund   and   contain   any
 9    suggestions for changes to this Act.
10        (b)  (Blank)   Unless   the   General  Assembly  provides
11    otherwise, this Act is repealed on July 1, 2004.
12    (Source: P.A. 91-589, eff. 1-1-00.)

13        Section  25.  The Unified Code of Corrections is  amended
14    by  changing  Sections  3-3-13  and  5-4-3 and adding Section
15    5-2-7 as follows:

16        (730 ILCS 5/3-3-13) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-13)
17        Sec. 3-3-13.  Procedure for Executive Clemency.
18        (a)  Petitions seeking pardon, commutation,  or  reprieve
19    shall  be  addressed  to  the  Governor  and  filed  with the
20    Prisoner Review Board.  The petition shall be in writing  and
21    signed  by  the person under conviction or by a person on his
22    behalf. It shall contain a brief history  of  the  case,  the
23    reasons  for  seeking  executive clemency, and other relevant
24    information the Board may require.
25        (a-5)  After a petition has been denied by the  Governor,
26    the  Board  may  not  accept  a repeat petition for executive
27    clemency for the same person until one full year has  elapsed
28    from  the  date of the denial.  The Chairman of the Board may
29    waive the one-year requirement if the  petitioner  offers  in
30    writing   new   information   that  was  unavailable  to  the
31    petitioner at the time of the filing of  the  prior  petition
32    and  which  the  Chairman  determines to be significant.  The
 
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 1    Chairman also may waive the one-year waiting  period  if  the
 2    petitioner  can  show  that  a  change  in circumstances of a
 3    compelling humanitarian nature has arisen since the denial of
 4    the prior petition.
 5        (b)  Notice of the proposed application shall be given by
 6    the Board to the committing court and the state's attorney of
 7    the county where the conviction was had.
 8        (c)  The Board shall, if requested and upon  due  notice,
 9    give  a  hearing to each application, allowing representation
10    by counsel, if desired, after which it  shall  confidentially
11    advise   the   Governor   by   a   written   report   of  its
12    recommendations which shall be determined by  majority  vote.
13    The  Board shall meet to consider such petitions no less than
14    4 times each year.
15        Application for executive clemency under this Section may
16    not be commenced on behalf of a person who has been sentenced
17    to death without the written consent of the defendant, unless
18    the defendant, because of a mental or physical condition,  is
19    incapable of asserting his or her own claim.
20        All  petitions  for  executive  clemency  on  behalf of a
21    person who is sentenced to  death  must  be  filed  with  the
22    Prisoner  Review  Board within 30 days from the date that the
23    Supreme Court has issued a final order setting the  execution
24    date.  The  Governor  or  the Chairman of the Prisoner Review
25    Board may waive the 30-day requirement if the petitioner  has
26    just cause for not filing the petition within the appropriate
27    time limitations.
28        (d)  The  Governor  shall  decide  each  application  and
29    communicate  his decision to the Board which shall notify the
30    petitioner.
31        In the event a petitioner who has  been  convicted  of  a
32    Class  X  felony is granted a release, after the Governor has
33    communicated such decision to the Board, the Board shall give
34    written notice to the Sheriff of the county  from  which  the
 
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 1    offender  was  sentenced  if  such sheriff has requested that
 2    such notice be given on a continuing basis.  In  cases  where
 3    arrest  of the offender or the commission of the offense took
 4    place in any municipality with  a  population  of  more  than
 5    10,000  persons,  the Board shall also give written notice to
 6    the proper law enforcement agency for said municipality which
 7    has requested notice on a continuing basis.
 8        (e)  Nothing in this Section shall be construed to  limit
 9    the  power  of the Governor under the constitution to grant a
10    reprieve, commutation of sentence, or pardon.
11    (Source: P.A. 89-112, eff. 7-7-95; 89-684, eff. 6-1-97.)

12        (730 ILCS 5/5-2-7 new)
13        Sec. 5-2-7.  Fitness to be executed.
14        (a) A person is unfit to be executed  if  the  person  is
15    mentally   retarded.   For  the  purposes  of  this  Section,
16    "mentally retarded" means:
17             (1)  having   significantly   sub-average    general
18        intellectual  functioning  as  evidenced  by a functional
19        intelligence quotient (I.Q.) of 70 or below; and
20             (2)  having   significant   deficits   in   adaptive
21        behavior in at least 2  of  the  following  skill  areas:
22        communication, self-care, social or interpersonal skills,
23        home   living,   self-direction,  academics,  health  and
24        safety, use of community resources, and work.
25        The mental retardation must have been  manifested  during
26    the developmental period, or by 18 years of age.
27        (b)  The question of fitness to be executed may be raised
28    after  pronouncement of the death sentence. The procedure for
29    raising and deciding the question shall be the same  as  that
30    provided  for raising and deciding the question of fitness to
31    stand trial subject to the following specific provisions:
32             (1)  the question shall be raised by motion filed in
33        the sentencing court;
 
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 1             (2)  the question shall be decided by the court;
 2             (3)  the burden of  proving  that  the  offender  is
 3        unfit to be executed is on the offender;
 4             (4)  if   the  offender  is  found  to  be  mentally
 5        retarded, the  court  must  resentence  the  offender  to
 6        natural  life imprisonment under Chapter V of the Unified
 7        Code of Corrections.
 8        (c)  If the question of mental retardation was raised  at
 9    the  offender's  sentencing  hearing  and  the  trier of fact
10    expressly found that the offender was not  mentally  retarded
11    as  required by subsections (g) and (h) of Section 9-1 of the
12    Criminal Code of 1961, the trier of fact's  determination  on
13    that  issue  shall be presumed correct unless it is proven by
14    the offender  to  be  against  the  manifest  weight  of  the
15    evidence.

16        (730 ILCS 5/5-4-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-4-3)
17        Sec.  5-4-3.  Persons  convicted  of, or found delinquent
18    for,  certain  offenses  or  institutionalized  as   sexually
19    dangerous; specimens; genetic marker groups.
20        (a)  Any  person  convicted  of,  found  guilty under the
21    Juvenile Court Act of 1987 for, or who received a disposition
22    of court supervision for, a qualifying offense or attempt  of
23    a  qualifying  offense,  convicted  or  found  guilty  of any
24    offense classified as a  felony  under  Illinois  law,  found
25    guilty  or  given supervision for any offense classified as a
26    felony  under  the   Juvenile   Court   Act   of   1987,   or
27    institutionalized  as  a  sexually dangerous person under the
28    Sexually Dangerous Persons Act, or committed  as  a  sexually
29    violent  person under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment
30    Act shall, regardless of the sentence or disposition imposed,
31    be required to submit specimens of blood, saliva,  or  tissue
32    to the Illinois Department of State Police in accordance with
33    the provisions of this Section, provided such person is:
 
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 1             (1)  convicted of a qualifying offense or attempt of
 2        a  qualifying  offense  on or after the effective date of
 3        this amendatory Act of 1989, and sentenced to a  term  of
 4        imprisonment,  periodic  imprisonment,  fine,  probation,
 5        conditional  discharge  or any other form of sentence, or
 6        given a disposition of court supervision for the offense,
 7        or
 8             (1.5)  found guilty or given supervision  under  the
 9        Juvenile  Court  Act  of 1987 for a qualifying offense or
10        attempt of a qualifying offense on or after the effective
11        date of this amendatory Act of 1996, or
12             (2)  ordered   institutionalized   as   a   sexually
13        dangerous person on or after the effective date  of  this
14        amendatory Act of 1989, or
15             (3)  convicted of a qualifying offense or attempt of
16        a  qualifying  offense  before the effective date of this
17        amendatory Act of 1989 and is  presently  confined  as  a
18        result  of  such  conviction  in  any  State correctional
19        facility  or  county  jail  or  is  presently  serving  a
20        sentence of probation, conditional discharge or  periodic
21        imprisonment as a result of such conviction, or
22             (3.5)  convicted  or  found  guilty  of  any offense
23        classified as a felony under Illinois law or found guilty
24        or given  supervision  for  such  an  offense  under  the
25        Juvenile Court Act of 1987 on or after the effective date
26        of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly, or
27             (4)  presently   institutionalized   as  a  sexually
28        dangerous person  or  presently  institutionalized  as  a
29        person  found guilty but mentally ill of a sexual offense
30        or attempt to commit a sexual offense; or
31             (4.5)  ordered  committed  as  a  sexually   violent
32        person  on  or  after  the effective date of the Sexually
33        Violent Persons Commitment Act; or
34             (5)  seeking transfer to or  residency  in  Illinois
 
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 1        under  Sections 3-3-11.05 through 3-3-11.5 of the Unified
 2        Code of Corrections and the Interstate Compact for  Adult
 3        Offenders  Supervision  or  the  Interstate Agreements on
 4        Sexually Dangerous Persons Act.
 5        Notwithstanding other provisions  of  this  Section,  any
 6    person  incarcerated in a facility of the Illinois Department
 7    of Corrections  on  or  after  the  effective  date  of  this
 8    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly shall be required
 9    to submit a specimen of blood, saliva, or tissue prior to his
10    or  her release on parole or mandatory supervised release, as
11    a condition of his or  her  parole  or  mandatory  supervised
12    release.
13        (a-5)  Any  person  who  was  otherwise  convicted  of or
14    received a disposition of court  supervision  for  any  other
15    offense  under  the  Criminal  Code  of 1961 or who was found
16    guilty or given supervision for such a  violation  under  the
17    Juvenile  Court  Act of 1987, may, regardless of the sentence
18    imposed, be required by an  order  of  the  court  to  submit
19    specimens  of  blood,  saliva,  or  tissue  to  the  Illinois
20    Department  of State Police in accordance with the provisions
21    of this Section.
22        (b)  Any person required by paragraphs (a)(1),  (a)(1.5),
23    (a)(2),  (a)(3.5),  and  (a-5) to provide specimens of blood,
24    saliva, or tissue shall provide specimens of  blood,  saliva,
25    or tissue within 45 days after sentencing or disposition at a
26    collection  site  designated  by  the  Illinois Department of
27    State Police.
28        (c)  Any person required by  paragraphs  (a)(3),  (a)(4),
29    and (a)(4.5) to provide specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue
30    shall  be  required  to  provide  such samples prior to final
31    discharge, parole, or release at a collection site designated
32    by the Illinois Department of State Police.
33        (c-5)  Any person required by paragraph (a)(5) to provide
34    specimens of blood, saliva, or tissue shall, where  feasible,
 
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 1    be  required  to  provide the specimens before being accepted
 2    for conditioned residency in Illinois  under  the  interstate
 3    compact or agreement, but no later than 45 days after arrival
 4    in this State.
 5        (c-6)  The   Illinois  Department  of  State  Police  may
 6    determine which type of specimen or specimens, blood, saliva,
 7    or tissue, is acceptable for submission to  the  Division  of
 8    Forensic Services for analysis.
 9        (d)  The   Illinois  Department  of  State  Police  shall
10    provide all equipment  and  instructions  necessary  for  the
11    collection of blood samples.  The collection of samples shall
12    be   performed  in  a  medically  approved  manner.   Only  a
13    physician authorized to practice medicine, a registered nurse
14    or  other  qualified  person  trained  in  venipuncture   may
15    withdraw  blood  for  the  purposes of this Act.  The samples
16    shall thereafter be forwarded to the Illinois  Department  of
17    State Police, Division of Forensic Services, for analysis and
18    categorizing into genetic marker groupings.
19        (d-1)  The  Illinois  Department  of  State  Police shall
20    provide all equipment  and  instructions  necessary  for  the
21    collection  of  saliva  samples.   The  collection  of saliva
22    samples shall be performed in a  medically  approved  manner.
23    Only  a person trained in the instructions promulgated by the
24    Illinois State Police on collecting saliva may collect saliva
25    for  the  purposes  of  this  Section.    The  samples  shall
26    thereafter be forwarded to the Illinois Department  of  State
27    Police,  Division  of  Forensic  Services,  for  analysis and
28    categorizing into genetic marker groupings.
29        (d-2)  The Illinois  Department  of  State  Police  shall
30    provide  all  equipment  and  instructions  necessary for the
31    collection of  tissue  samples.   The  collection  of  tissue
32    samples  shall  be  performed in a medically approved manner.
33    Only a person trained in the instructions promulgated by  the
34    Illinois State Police on collecting tissue may collect tissue
 
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 1    for   the  purposes  of  this  Section.   The  samples  shall
 2    thereafter be forwarded to the Illinois Department  of  State
 3    Police,  Division  of  Forensic  Services,  for  analysis and
 4    categorizing into genetic marker groupings.
 5        (d-5)  To  the  extent  that  funds  are  available,  the
 6    Illinois Department  of  State  Police  shall  contract  with
 7    qualified   personnel  and  certified  laboratories  for  the
 8    collection, analysis, and categorization of known samples.
 9        (e)  The genetic marker groupings shall be maintained  by
10    the Illinois Department of State Police, Division of Forensic
11    Services.
12        (f)  The  genetic  marker  grouping  analysis information
13    obtained pursuant to this Act shall be confidential and shall
14    be released only to peace officers of the United  States,  of
15    other  states  or  territories, of the insular possessions of
16    the United States, of foreign countries  duly  authorized  to
17    receive  the  same,  to  all  peace  officers of the State of
18    Illinois and to all prosecutorial agencies.   Notwithstanding
19    the  limits  on disclosure stated by this subsection (f), the
20    genetic marker grouping analysis information  obtained  under
21    this  Act  also  may be released by court order pursuant to a
22    motion under Section 114-15 of the Code of Criminal Procedure
23    of 1963 to a defendant who  meets  all  of  the  requirements
24    under  that  Section.  The  genetic  marker grouping analysis
25    information obtained pursuant to this Act shall be used  only
26    for  (i) valid law enforcement identification purposes and as
27    required  by  the  Federal  Bureau   of   Investigation   for
28    participation in the National DNA database or (ii) technology
29    validation  purposes.  Notwithstanding  any  other  statutory
30    provision  to  the  contrary,  all information obtained under
31    this Section shall be maintained in a single State data base,
32    which may be uploaded into a  national  database,  and  which
33    information  may  be subject to expungement only as set forth
34    in subsection (f-1).
 
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 1        (f-1)  Upon receipt of notification of a  reversal  of  a
 2    conviction based on actual innocence, or of the granting of a
 3    pardon  pursuant  to  Section 12 of Article V of the Illinois
 4    Constitution, if that  pardon  document  specifically  states
 5    that  the reason for the pardon is the actual innocence of an
 6    individual whose DNA record has been stored in the  State  or
 7    national  DNA  identification  index  in accordance with this
 8    Section by the Illinois Department of State Police,  the  DNA
 9    record  shall  be expunged from the DNA identification index,
10    and the Department shall  by  rule  prescribe  procedures  to
11    ensure  that  the  record and any samples, analyses, or other
12    documents relating to such record, whether in the  possession
13    of the Department or any law enforcement or police agency, or
14    any  forensic  DNA  laboratory,  including  any duplicates or
15    copies thereof, are destroyed and a letter  is  sent  to  the
16    court verifying the expungement is completed.
17        (f-5)  Any  person  who intentionally uses genetic marker
18    grouping  analysis  information,  or  any  other  information
19    derived from a DNA sample,  beyond  the  authorized  uses  as
20    provided  under  this  Section, or any other Illinois law, is
21    guilty of a Class 4 felony, and shall be subject to a fine of
22    not less than $5,000.
23        (g)  For  the  purposes  of  this  Section,   "qualifying
24    offense" means any of the following:
25             (1)  Any  violation or inchoate violation of Section
26        11-6, 11-9.1, 11-11, 11-18.1,  12-15,  or  12-16  of  the
27        Criminal Code of 1961, or
28             (1.1)  Any   violation   or  inchoate  violation  of
29        Section 9-1, 9-2, 10-1, 10-2, 12-11, 12-11.1, 18-1, 18-2,
30        18-3, 18-4, 19-1, or 19-2 of the Criminal  Code  of  1961
31        for which persons are convicted on or after July 1, 2001,
32        or
33             (2)  Any  former statute of this State which defined
34        a felony sexual offense, or
 
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 1             (3)  (Blank), or
 2             (4)  Any  inchoate  violation  of   Section   9-3.1,
 3        11-9.3, 12-7.3, or 12-7.4 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
 4        (g-5)  (Blank).
 5        (h)  The Illinois Department of State Police shall be the
 6    State  central  repository  for  all  genetic marker grouping
 7    analysis information obtained  pursuant  to  this  Act.   The
 8    Illinois  Department of State Police may promulgate rules for
 9    the form and manner of the collection of  blood,  saliva,  or
10    tissue samples and other procedures for the operation of this
11    Act.   The  provisions of the Administrative Review Law shall
12    apply to all actions taken under the rules so promulgated.
13        (i)  A person required to provide  a  blood,  saliva,  or
14    tissue  specimen  shall  cooperate with the collection of the
15    specimen and any deliberate act by that  person  intended  to
16    impede, delay or stop the collection of the blood, saliva, or
17    tissue specimen is a Class A misdemeanor.
18        (j)  Any  person  required  by  subsection  (a) to submit
19    specimens  of  blood,  saliva,  or  tissue  to  the  Illinois
20    Department of State Police for  analysis  and  categorization
21    into  genetic  marker  grouping,  in  addition  to  any other
22    disposition, penalty, or fine imposed, shall pay an  analysis
23    fee  of $200.  If the analysis fee is not paid at the time of
24    sentencing, the court shall establish a fee schedule by which
25    the entire amount of the analysis fee shall be paid in  full,
26    such  schedule  not  to  exceed  24  months  from the time of
27    conviction.  The inability to pay this analysis fee shall not
28    be the sole ground to incarcerate the person.
29        (k)  All analysis and categorization fees provided for by
30    subsection (j) shall be regulated as follows:
31             (1)  The State Offender  DNA  Identification  System
32        Fund  is  hereby  created  as a special fund in the State
33        Treasury.
34             (2)  All fees shall be collected by the clerk of the
 
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 1        court  and  forwarded   to   the   State   Offender   DNA
 2        Identification System Fund for deposit.  The clerk of the
 3        circuit  court  may  retain  the  amount of $10 from each
 4        collected analysis fee  to  offset  administrative  costs
 5        incurred  in  carrying  out  the clerk's responsibilities
 6        under this Section.
 7             (3)  Fees deposited  into  the  State  Offender  DNA
 8        Identification  System  Fund  shall  be  used by Illinois
 9        State Police crime  laboratories  as  designated  by  the
10        Director  of  State  Police.   These  funds  shall  be in
11        addition to any allocations  made  pursuant  to  existing
12        laws  and  shall  be  designated for the exclusive use of
13        State crime laboratories.  These uses  may  include,  but
14        are not limited to, the following:
15                  (A)  Costs  incurred  in providing analysis and
16             genetic  marker  categorization   as   required   by
17             subsection (d).
18                  (B)  Costs   incurred  in  maintaining  genetic
19             marker groupings as required by subsection (e).
20                  (C)  Costs  incurred  in   the   purchase   and
21             maintenance  of  equipment  for  use  in  performing
22             analyses.
23                  (D)  Costs  incurred in continuing research and
24             development  of  new  techniques  for  analysis  and
25             genetic marker categorization.
26                  (E)  Costs incurred  in  continuing  education,
27             training,  and  professional development of forensic
28             scientists regularly employed by these laboratories.
29        (l)  The failure of a person to provide a specimen, or of
30    any person or agency to collect a specimen, within the 45 day
31    period shall in no way alter the obligation of the person  to
32    submit  such  specimen,  or  the  authority  of  the Illinois
33    Department of State  Police  or  persons  designated  by  the
34    Department  to  collect the specimen, or the authority of the
 
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 1    Illinois Department of State Police to  accept,  analyze  and
 2    maintain  the  specimen  or  to maintain or upload results of
 3    genetic marker grouping analysis information into a State  or
 4    national database.
 5    (Source: P.A.  91-528,  eff.  1-1-00;  92-16,  eff.  6-28-01;
 6    92-40,  eff.  6-29-01;  92-571,  eff.  6-26-02;  92-600, eff.
 7    6-28-02; 92-829, eff. 8-22-02; revised 9-19-02.)

 8        Section 97.  Severability.  The provisions  of  this  Act
 9    are   severable   under   Section  1.31  of  the  Statute  on
10    Statutes.".

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