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91_HB0722
LRB9103250RCpr
1 AN ACT to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 by
2 adding Article 106E.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 is
6 amended by adding Article 106E as follows:
7 (725 ILCS 5/Art. 106E heading new)
8 ARTICLE 106E. VIDEOTAPE OF CONFESSIONS
9 (725 ILCS 5/106E-5 new)
10 Sec. 106E-5. Videotape of confessions of suspects.
11 (a) A peace officer who interrogates a person suspected
12 of committing an offense and obtains a confession from the
13 suspect must inform the suspect that before the confession is
14 admissible in court, the confession must be videotaped.
15 (b) The videotape is admissible in court in a
16 prosecution of the suspect for an offense if the suspect
17 confesses to the offense or otherwise makes an admission that
18 may be used in a prosecution of the suspect for the offense
19 and if the suspect recants his or her confession or
20 contradicts any admission made to a peace officer.
21 (c) The failure of a police officer to videotape the
22 confession of a person suspected of an offense renders the
23 confession inadmissible in any trial of the suspect for the
24 offense for which the suspect has confessed.