720 ILCS 5/ Criminal Code of 2012.

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720 ILCS 5/32-4b

(720 ILCS 5/32-4b) (from Ch. 38, par. 32-4b)

Sec. 32-4b. Bribery for excuse from jury duty.

(a) A jury commissioner or any other person acting on behalf of
a jury commissioner commits bribery for excuse from jury duty, when he or she knowingly requests, solicits, suggests, or accepts financial
compensation or any other form of consideration in exchange for a promise
to excuse or for excusing any person from jury duty.

(b) Sentence. Bribery for excuse from jury duty is a Class 3 felony. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a jury commissioner
convicted under this Section shall forfeit the performance bond required by
Section 1 of "An Act in relation to jury commissioners and authorizing
judges to appoint such commissioners and to make rules concerning their
powers and duties", approved June 15, 1887, as amended, and shall be
excluded from further service as a jury commissioner.

(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)

720 ILCS 5/32-4c

(720 ILCS 5/32-4c)

Sec. 32-4c.

Witnesses; prohibition on accepting payments before judgment
or verdict.

(a) A person who, after the commencement of a criminal prosecution, has
been identified in the criminal discovery process
as a person who may be called as a witness in a criminal proceeding shall not
knowingly accept or receive,
directly or indirectly, any payment or benefit in consideration for providing
information obtained as a result of witnessing an event or occurrence or
having
personal knowledge of certain facts in relation to the criminal proceeding.

(b) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class B misdemeanor for which the court
may impose a fine not to exceed 3 times the amount of compensation requested,
accepted, or received.

(c) This Section remains applicable until the judgment of the court in the
action if the defendant is tried by the court without a jury
or the rendering of
the
verdict by the jury if the defendant is tried by jury in the action.

(d) This Section does not apply to any of the following circumstances:

(1) Lawful compensation paid to expert witnesses,

investigators, employees, or agents by a prosecutor, law enforcement agency, or an attorney employed to represent a person in a criminal matter.

(2) Lawful compensation or benefits provided to an

informant by a prosecutor or law enforcement agency.

(2.5) Lawful compensation or benefits, or both,

provided to an informant under a local anti-crime program, such as Crime Stoppers, We-Tip, and similar programs designed to solve crimes or that foster the detection of crime and encourage persons through the programs and otherwise to come forward with information about criminal activity.

(2.6) Lawful compensation or benefits, or both,

provided by a private individual to another private individual as a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of specified offenders.

(3) Lawful compensation paid to a publisher, editor,

reporter, writer, or other person connected with or employed by a newspaper, magazine, television or radio station or any other publishing or media outlet for disclosing information obtained from another person relating to an offense.

(e) For purposes of this Section, "publishing or media outlet" means a
news gathering organization that sells or distributes news to newspapers,
television, or radio stations, or a cable or broadcast television or radio
network that disseminates news and information.

(f) The person identified as a witness may receive
written notice from counsel for either the prosecution or defense of the fact
that he or she has been identified as a witness
who may be called in
a criminal proceeding and his or her responsibilities and possible
penalties under this Section.  This Section shall be applicable only if the
witness received the written
notice referred to in this subsection.

(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)

720 ILCS 5/32-4d

(720 ILCS 5/32-4d)

Sec. 32-4d. Payment of jurors by parties prohibited.

(a) After a verdict has been rendered in a civil or criminal case, a person
who was
a plaintiff or defendant in the case may not knowingly offer or pay an award or other fee
to a juror
who was a member of the jury that rendered the verdict in the  case.

(b) After a verdict has been rendered in a civil or criminal case, a member
of the
jury that rendered the verdict may not knowingly accept an award or fee from the
plaintiff or
defendant in that case.

(c) Sentence. A violation of this Section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(d) This Section does not apply to the payment of a fee or award to a
person who was a juror for purposes unrelated to the jury's verdict or to the
outcome of
the case.

(Source: P.A. 97-1108, eff. 1-1-13.)

720 ILCS 5/32-4e

    (720 ILCS 5/32-4e)
    Sec. 32-4e. Interfering with the duties of a judicial officer.

(a) A person may not give or offer to give benefits, promises, pecuniary compensation, or any other form of compensation, either directly or indirectly, to a judicial officer or a member of the judicial officer's immediate family with the intent to:

(1) induce such judicial officer to do, or fail to

do, any act in violation of the lawful execution of his or her official duties; or

(2) induce such judicial officer to commit or aid in

the commission of any fraud, or to collude in, allow, or make available the opportunity for the commission of any fraud on the State of Illinois.

(b) A person may not give or offer to give benefits, promises, pecuniary compensation, or any other form of compensation, either directly or indirectly, to court employees and staff with the intent to interfere with the administration of the judicial process.

    (c) Sentence. A person who violates this Section commits a Class 2 felony.
    (d) Definitions. For purposes of this Section:

"Judicial officer" means a justice, judge, associate judge, or magistrate of a court of the United States of America or the State of Illinois.

"Immediate family" means a judicial officer's spouse or children.

(Source: P.A. 95-1035, eff. 6-1-09.)

720 ILCS 5/32-4f

(720 ILCS 5/32-4f)
Sec. 32-4f. Retaliating against a Judge by false claim, slander of title, or malicious recording of fictitious liens.

A person who files or causes to be filed, in any public record or in any private record that is generally available to the public, any false lien or encumbrance against the real or personal property of a Supreme, Appellate, Circuit, or Associate Judge of the State of Illinois with knowledge that such lien or encumbrance is false or contains any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, and with the intent of retaliating against that Judge for the performance or non-performance of an official judicial duty, is guilty of a violation of this Section.  A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and  a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense.

(Source: P.A. 95-1035, eff. 6-1-09.)

720 ILCS 5/32-5

(720 ILCS 5/32-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 32-5)

Sec. 32-5. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 97-219, eff. 1-1-12. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)

720 ILCS 5/32-5.1

(720 ILCS 5/32-5.1) (from Ch. 38, par. 32-5.1)

Sec. 32-5.1. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 94-730, eff. 4-17-06. Repealed by P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.)