Sen. Chapin Rose

Filed: 4/15/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1528

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1528 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act
5is amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 120/4.5)
7    Sec. 4.5. Procedures to implement the rights of crime
8victims. To afford crime victims their rights, law enforcement,
9prosecutors, judges and corrections will provide information,
10as appropriate of the following procedures:
11    (a) At the request of the crime victim, law enforcement
12authorities investigating the case shall provide notice of the
13status of the investigation, except where the State's Attorney
14determines that disclosure of such information would
15unreasonably interfere with the investigation, until such time
16as the alleged assailant is apprehended or the investigation is

 

 

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1closed.
2    (a-5) When law enforcement authorities re-open a closed
3case to resume investigating, they shall provide notice of the
4re-opening of the case, except where the State's Attorney
5determines that disclosure of such information would
6unreasonably interfere with the investigation.
7    (b) The office of the State's Attorney:
8        (1) shall provide notice of the filing of information,
9    the return of an indictment by which a prosecution for any
10    violent crime is commenced, or the filing of a petition to
11    adjudicate a minor as a delinquent for a violent crime;
12        (2) shall provide notice of the date, time, and place
13    of trial;
14        (3) or victim advocate personnel shall provide
15    information of social services and financial assistance
16    available for victims of crime, including information of
17    how to apply for these services and assistance;
18        (3.5) or victim advocate personnel shall provide
19    information about available victim services, including
20    referrals to programs, counselors, and agencies that
21    assist a victim to deal with trauma, loss, and grief;
22        (4) shall assist in having any stolen or other personal
23    property held by law enforcement authorities for
24    evidentiary or other purposes returned as expeditiously as
25    possible, pursuant to the procedures set out in Section
26    115-9 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963;

 

 

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1        (5) or victim advocate personnel shall provide
2    appropriate employer intercession services to ensure that
3    employers of victims will cooperate with the criminal
4    justice system in order to minimize an employee's loss of
5    pay and other benefits resulting from court appearances;
6        (6) shall provide information whenever possible, of a
7    secure waiting area during court proceedings that does not
8    require victims to be in close proximity to defendant or
9    juveniles accused of a violent crime, and their families
10    and friends;
11        (7) shall provide notice to the crime victim of the
12    right to have a translator present at all court proceedings
13    and, in compliance with the federal Americans with
14    Disabilities Act of 1990, the right to communications
15    access through a sign language interpreter or by other
16    means;
17        (8) in the case of the death of a person, which death
18    occurred in the same transaction or occurrence in which
19    acts occurred for which a defendant is charged with an
20    offense, shall notify the spouse, parent, child or sibling
21    of the decedent of the date of the trial of the person or
22    persons allegedly responsible for the death;
23        (9) shall inform the victim of the right to have
24    present at all court proceedings, subject to the rules of
25    evidence, an advocate or other support person of the
26    victim's choice, and the right to retain an attorney, at

 

 

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1    the victim's own expense, who, upon written notice filed
2    with the clerk of the court and State's Attorney, is to
3    receive copies of all notices, motions and court orders
4    filed thereafter in the case, in the same manner as if the
5    victim were a named party in the case;
6        (9.5) shall inform the victim of (A) the victim's right
7    under Section 6 of this Act to make a victim impact
8    statement at the sentencing hearing; (B) the right of the
9    victim's spouse, guardian, parent, grandparent and other
10    immediate family and household members under Section 6 of
11    this Act to present an impact statement at sentencing; and
12    (C) if a presentence report is to be prepared, the right of
13    the victim's spouse, guardian, parent, grandparent and
14    other immediate family and household to submit information
15    to the preparer of the presentence report about the effect
16    the offense has had on the victim and the person;
17        (10) at the sentencing hearing shall make a good faith
18    attempt to explain the minimum amount of time during which
19    the defendant may actually be physically imprisoned. The
20    Office of the State's Attorney shall further notify the
21    crime victim of the right to request from the Prisoner
22    Review Board information concerning the release of the
23    defendant under subparagraph (d)(1) of this Section;
24        (11) shall request restitution at sentencing and shall
25    consider restitution in any plea negotiation, as provided
26    by law; and

 

 

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1        (12) shall, upon the court entering a verdict of not
2    guilty by reason of insanity, inform the victim of the
3    notification services available from the Department of
4    Human Services, including the statewide telephone number,
5    under subparagraph (d)(2) of this Section.
6    (c) At the written request of the crime victim, the office
7of the State's Attorney shall:
8        (1) provide notice a reasonable time in advance of the
9    following court proceedings: preliminary hearing, any
10    hearing the effect of which may be the release of defendant
11    from custody, or to alter the conditions of bond and the
12    sentencing hearing. The crime victim shall also be notified
13    of the cancellation of the court proceeding in sufficient
14    time, wherever possible, to prevent an unnecessary
15    appearance in court;
16        (2) provide notice within a reasonable time after
17    receipt of notice from the custodian, of the release of the
18    defendant on bail or personal recognizance or the release
19    from detention of a minor who has been detained for a
20    violent crime;
21        (3) explain in nontechnical language the details of any
22    plea or verdict of a defendant, or any adjudication of a
23    juvenile as a delinquent for a violent crime;
24        (4) where practical, consult with the crime victim
25    before the Office of the State's Attorney makes an offer of
26    a plea bargain to the defendant or enters into negotiations

 

 

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1    with the defendant concerning a possible plea agreement,
2    and shall consider the written victim impact statement, if
3    prepared prior to entering into a plea agreement;
4        (5) provide notice of the ultimate disposition of the
5    cases arising from an indictment or an information, or a
6    petition to have a juvenile adjudicated as a delinquent for
7    a violent crime;
8        (6) provide notice of any appeal taken by the defendant
9    and information on how to contact the appropriate agency
10    handling the appeal;
11        (7) provide notice of any request for post-conviction
12    review filed by the defendant under Article 122 of the Code
13    of Criminal Procedure of 1963, and of the date, time and
14    place of any hearing concerning the petition. Whenever
15    possible, notice of the hearing shall be given in advance;
16        (8) forward a copy of any statement presented under
17    Section 6 to the Prisoner Review Board to be considered by
18    the Board in making its determination under subsection (b)
19    of Section 3-3-8 of the Unified Code of Corrections.
20    (d) (1) The Prisoner Review Board shall inform a victim or
21any other concerned citizen, upon written request, of the
22prisoner's release on parole, mandatory supervised release,
23electronic detention, work release, international transfer or
24exchange, or by the custodian of the discharge of any
25individual who was adjudicated a delinquent for a violent crime
26from State custody and by the sheriff of the appropriate county

 

 

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1of any such person's final discharge from county custody. The
2Prisoner Review Board, upon written request, shall provide to a
3victim or any other concerned citizen a recent photograph of
4any person convicted of a felony, upon his or her release from
5custody. The Prisoner Review Board, upon written request, shall
6inform a victim or any other concerned citizen when feasible at
7least 7 days prior to the prisoner's release on furlough of the
8times and dates of such furlough. Upon written request by the
9victim or any other concerned citizen, the State's Attorney
10shall notify the person once of the times and dates of release
11of a prisoner sentenced to periodic imprisonment. Notification
12shall be based on the most recent information as to victim's or
13other concerned citizen's residence or other location
14available to the notifying authority.
15    (2) When the defendant has been committed to the Department
16of Human Services pursuant to Section 5-2-4 or any other
17provision of the Unified Code of Corrections, the victim may
18request to be notified by the releasing authority of the
19approval by the court of an on-grounds pass, a supervised
20off-grounds pass, an unsupervised off-grounds pass, or
21conditional release; the release on an off-grounds pass; the
22return from an off-grounds pass; transfer to another facility;
23conditional release; escape; death; or final discharge from
24State custody. The Department of Human Services shall establish
25and maintain a statewide telephone number to be used by victims
26to make notification requests under these provisions and shall

 

 

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1publicize this telephone number on its website and to the
2State's Attorney of each county.
3    (3) In the event of an escape from State custody, the
4Department of Corrections or the Department of Juvenile Justice
5immediately shall notify the Prisoner Review Board of the
6escape and the Prisoner Review Board shall notify the victim.
7The notification shall be based upon the most recent
8information as to the victim's residence or other location
9available to the Board. When no such information is available,
10the Board shall make all reasonable efforts to obtain the
11information and make the notification. When the escapee is
12apprehended, the Department of Corrections or the Department of
13Juvenile Justice immediately shall notify the Prisoner Review
14Board and the Board shall notify the victim.
15    (4) The victim of the crime for which the prisoner has been
16sentenced shall receive reasonable written notice not less than
1730 days prior to the parole interview and may submit, in
18writing, on film, videotape or other electronic means or in the
19form of a recording or in person at the parole interview or if
20a victim of a violent crime, by calling the toll-free number
21established in subsection (f) of this Section, information for
22consideration by the Prisoner Review Board. The victim shall be
23notified within 7 days after the prisoner has been granted
24parole and shall be informed of the right to inspect the
25registry of parole decisions, established under subsection (g)
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1provisions of this paragraph (4) are subject to the Open Parole
2Hearings Act.
3    (5) If a statement is presented under Section 6, the
4Prisoner Review Board shall inform the victim of any order of
5discharge entered by the Board pursuant to Section 3-3-8 of the
6Unified Code of Corrections.
7    (6) At the written request of the victim of the crime for
8which the prisoner was sentenced or the State's Attorney of the
9county where the person seeking parole was prosecuted, the
10Prisoner Review Board shall notify the victim and the State's
11Attorney of the county where the person seeking parole was
12prosecuted of the death of the prisoner if the prisoner died
13while on parole or mandatory supervised release.
14    (7) When a defendant who has been committed to the
15Department of Corrections, the Department of Juvenile Justice,
16or the Department of Human Services is released or discharged
17and subsequently committed to the Department of Human Services
18as a sexually violent person and the victim had requested to be
19notified by the releasing authority of the defendant's
20discharge, conditional release, death, or escape from State
21custody, the releasing authority shall provide to the
22Department of Human Services such information that would allow
23the Department of Human Services to contact the victim.
24    (8) When a defendant has been convicted of a sex offense as
25defined in Section 2 of the Sex Offender Registration Act and
26has been sentenced to the Department of Corrections or the

 

 

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1Department of Juvenile Justice, the Prisoner Review Board shall
2notify the victim of the sex offense of the prisoner's
3eligibility for release on parole, mandatory supervised
4release, electronic detention, work release, international
5transfer or exchange, or by the custodian of the discharge of
6any individual who was adjudicated a delinquent for a sex
7offense from State custody and by the sheriff of the
8appropriate county of any such person's final discharge from
9county custody. The notification shall be made to the victim at
10least 30 days, whenever possible, before release of the sex
11offender.
12    (e) The officials named in this Section may satisfy some or
13all of their obligations to provide notices and other
14information through participation in a statewide victim and
15witness notification system established by the Attorney
16General under Section 8.5 of this Act.
17    (f) To permit a victim of a violent crime to provide
18information to the Prisoner Review Board for consideration by
19the Board at a parole hearing of a person who committed the
20crime against the victim in accordance with clause (d)(4) of
21this Section or at a proceeding to determine the conditions of
22mandatory supervised release of a person sentenced to a
23determinate sentence or at a hearing on revocation of mandatory
24supervised release of a person sentenced to a determinate
25sentence, the Board shall establish a toll-free number that may
26be accessed by the victim of a violent crime to present that

 

 

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1information to the Board.
2(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09; 96-875, eff. 1-22-10;
397-457, eff. 1-1-12; 97-572, eff. 1-1-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12;
497-815, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
5    Section 10. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by
6changing Section 5-3-2 as follows:
 
7    (730 ILCS 5/5-3-2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-3-2)
8    Sec. 5-3-2. Presentence Report.
9    (a) In felony cases, the presentence report shall set
10forth:
11        (1) the defendant's history of delinquency or
12    criminality, physical and mental history and condition,
13    family situation and background, economic status,
14    education, occupation and personal habits;
15        (2) information about special resources within the
16    community which might be available to assist the
17    defendant's rehabilitation, including treatment centers,
18    residential facilities, vocational training services,
19    correctional manpower programs, employment opportunities,
20    special educational programs, alcohol and drug abuse
21    programming, psychiatric and marriage counseling, and
22    other programs and facilities which could aid the
23    defendant's successful reintegration into society;
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1    victim or victims thereof, and any compensatory benefit
2    that various sentencing alternatives would confer on such
3    victim or victims;
4        (3.5) information provided by the victim's spouse,
5    guardian, parent, grandparent, and other immediate family
6    and household members about the effect the offense
7    committed has had on the victim and on the person providing
8    the information; if the victim's spouse, guardian, parent,
9    grandparent, or other immediate family or household member
10    has provided a written statement, the statement shall be
11    attached to the report;
12        (4) information concerning the defendant's status
13    since arrest, including his record if released on his own
14    recognizance, or the defendant's achievement record if
15    released on a conditional pre-trial supervision program;
16        (5) when appropriate, a plan, based upon the personal,
17    economic and social adjustment needs of the defendant,
18    utilizing public and private community resources as an
19    alternative to institutional sentencing;
20        (6) any other matters that the investigatory officer
21    deems relevant or the court directs to be included; and
22        (7) information concerning defendant's eligibility for
23    a sentence to a county impact incarceration program under
24    Section 5-8-1.2 of this Code.
25    (b) The investigation shall include a physical and mental
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1the court determines that such an examination should be made,
2it shall issue an order that the defendant submit to
3examination at such time and place as designated by the court
4and that such examination be conducted by a physician,
5psychologist or psychiatrist designated by the court. Such an
6examination may be conducted in a court clinic if so ordered by
7the court. The cost of such examination shall be paid by the
8county in which the trial is held.
9    (b-5) In cases involving felony sex offenses in which the
10offender is being considered for probation only or any felony
11offense that is sexually motivated as defined in the Sex
12Offender Management Board Act in which the offender is being
13considered for probation only, the investigation shall include
14a sex offender evaluation by an evaluator approved by the Board
15and conducted in conformance with the standards developed under
16the Sex Offender Management Board Act. In cases in which the
17offender is being considered for any mandatory prison sentence,
18the investigation shall not include a sex offender evaluation.
19    (c) In misdemeanor, business offense or petty offense
20cases, except as specified in subsection (d) of this Section,
21when a presentence report has been ordered by the court, such
22presentence report shall contain information on the
23defendant's history of delinquency or criminality and shall
24further contain only those matters listed in any of paragraphs
25(1) through (6) of subsection (a) or in subsection (b) of this
26Section as are specified by the court in its order for the

 

 

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1report.
2    (d) In cases under Sections 11-1.50, 12-15, and 12-3.4 or
312-30 of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of
42012, the presentence report shall set forth information about
5alcohol, drug abuse, psychiatric, and marriage counseling or
6other treatment programs and facilities, information on the
7defendant's history of delinquency or criminality, and shall
8contain those additional matters listed in any of paragraphs
9(1) through (6) of subsection (a) or in subsection (b) of this
10Section as are specified by the court.
11    (e) Nothing in this Section shall cause the defendant to be
12held without bail or to have his bail revoked for the purpose
13of preparing the presentence report or making an examination.
14(Source: P.A. 96-322, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1551, Article 1, Section
15970, eff. 7-1-11; 96-1551, Article 2, Section 1065, eff.
167-1-11; 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)".