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1 | AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 5-8-1 as follows:
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6 | (730 ILCS 5/5-8-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1)
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7 | Sec. 5-8-1. Natural life imprisonment; enhancements for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | use of a firearm; mandatory supervised release terms.
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9 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in the statute defining | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the offense or in Article 4.5 of Chapter V, a
sentence of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | imprisonment for a felony shall be a determinate sentence set | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | by
the court under this Section, according to the following | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | limitations:
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14 | (1) for first degree murder,
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15 | (a) (blank),
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16 | (b) if a trier of fact finds beyond a reasonable
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17 | doubt that the murder was accompanied by exceptionally
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18 | brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | cruelty or, except as set forth
in subsection (a)(1)(c) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | of this Section, that any of the aggravating factors
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21 | listed in subsection (b) or (b-5) of Section 9-1 of the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012 are
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23 | present, the court may sentence the defendant to a term |
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1 | of natural life
imprisonment, or
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2 | (c) the court shall sentence the defendant to a | ||||||
3 | term of natural life
imprisonment when the death | ||||||
4 | penalty is not imposed if the defendant,
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5 | (i) has previously been convicted of first | ||||||
6 | degree murder under
any state or federal law, or
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7 | (ii) is a person who, at the time of the | ||||||
8 | commission of the murder,
had attained the age of | ||||||
9 | 18 or more and is found guilty of murdering an
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10 | individual under 12 years of age; or, irrespective | ||||||
11 | of the defendant's age at
the time of the | ||||||
12 | commission of the offense, is a person who, at the | ||||||
13 | time of the commission of the murder,
had attained | ||||||
14 | the age of 17 or more and is found guilty of | ||||||
15 | murdering an
individual under 12 years of age; or, | ||||||
16 | irrespective of the defendant's age at
the time of | ||||||
17 | the commission of the offense, is found guilty of | ||||||
18 | murdering more
than one victim, or
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19 | (iii) is found guilty of murdering a peace | ||||||
20 | officer, fireman, or emergency management worker | ||||||
21 | when
the peace officer, fireman, or emergency | ||||||
22 | management worker was killed in the course of | ||||||
23 | performing his
official duties, or to prevent the | ||||||
24 | peace officer or fireman from
performing his | ||||||
25 | official duties, or in retaliation for the peace | ||||||
26 | officer,
fireman, or emergency management worker |
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1 | from performing his official duties, and the | ||||||
2 | defendant knew or should
have known that the | ||||||
3 | murdered individual was a peace officer, fireman, | ||||||
4 | or emergency management worker, or
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5 | (iv) is found guilty of murdering an employee | ||||||
6 | of an institution or
facility of the Department of | ||||||
7 | Corrections, or any similar local
correctional | ||||||
8 | agency, when the employee was killed in the course | ||||||
9 | of
performing his official duties, or to prevent | ||||||
10 | the employee from performing
his official duties, | ||||||
11 | or in retaliation for the employee performing his
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12 | official duties, or
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13 | (v) is found guilty of murdering an emergency | ||||||
14 | medical
technician - ambulance, emergency medical | ||||||
15 | technician - intermediate, emergency
medical | ||||||
16 | technician - paramedic, ambulance driver or other | ||||||
17 | medical assistance or
first aid person while | ||||||
18 | employed by a municipality or other governmental | ||||||
19 | unit
when the person was killed in the course of | ||||||
20 | performing official duties or
to prevent the | ||||||
21 | person from performing official duties or in | ||||||
22 | retaliation
for performing official duties and the | ||||||
23 | defendant knew or should have known
that the | ||||||
24 | murdered individual was an emergency medical | ||||||
25 | technician - ambulance,
emergency medical | ||||||
26 | technician - intermediate, emergency medical
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1 | technician - paramedic, ambulance driver, or other | ||||||
2 | medical
assistant or first aid personnel, or
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3 | (vi) is a person who, at the time of the | ||||||
4 | commission of the murder,
had not attained the age | ||||||
5 | of 17, and is found guilty of murdering a person | ||||||
6 | under
12 years of age and the murder is committed | ||||||
7 | during the course of aggravated
criminal sexual | ||||||
8 | assault, criminal sexual assault, or aggravated | ||||||
9 | kidnaping,
or
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10 | (vii) is found guilty of first degree murder | ||||||
11 | and the murder was
committed by reason of any | ||||||
12 | person's activity as a community policing | ||||||
13 | volunteer
or to prevent any person from engaging in | ||||||
14 | activity as a community policing
volunteer. For | ||||||
15 | the purpose of this Section, "community policing | ||||||
16 | volunteer"
has the meaning ascribed to it in | ||||||
17 | Section 2-3.5 of the Criminal Code of 2012.
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18 | For purposes of clause (v), "emergency medical | ||||||
19 | technician - ambulance",
"emergency medical technician - | ||||||
20 | intermediate", "emergency medical technician -
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21 | paramedic", have the meanings ascribed to them in the | ||||||
22 | Emergency Medical
Services (EMS) Systems Act.
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23 | (d) (i) if the person committed the offense while | ||||||
24 | armed with a
firearm, 15 years shall be added to | ||||||
25 | the term of imprisonment imposed by the
court;
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26 | (ii) if, during the commission of the offense, |
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1 | the person
personally discharged a firearm, 20 | ||||||
2 | years shall be added to the term of
imprisonment | ||||||
3 | imposed by the court;
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4 | (iii) if, during the commission of the | ||||||
5 | offense, the person
personally discharged a | ||||||
6 | firearm that proximately caused great bodily harm,
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7 | permanent disability, permanent disfigurement, or | ||||||
8 | death to another person, 25
years or up to a term | ||||||
9 | of natural life shall be added to the term of
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10 | imprisonment imposed by the court.
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11 | (2) (blank);
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12 | (2.5) for a person convicted under the circumstances | ||||||
13 | described in subdivision (b)(1)(B) of Section 11-1.20 or
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14 | paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of Section 12-13, | ||||||
15 | subdivision (d)(2) of Section 11-1.30 or paragraph (2) of | ||||||
16 | subsection
(d) of Section 12-14, subdivision (b)(1.2) of | ||||||
17 | Section 11-1.40 or paragraph (1.2) of subsection (b) of
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18 | Section 12-14.1, subdivision (b)(2) of Section 11-1.40 or | ||||||
19 | paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of Section 12-14.1
of the | ||||||
20 | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, the | ||||||
21 | sentence shall be a term of natural life
imprisonment.
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22 | (b) (Blank).
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23 | (c) (Blank).
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24 | (d) Subject to
earlier termination under Section 3-3-8, the | ||||||
25 | parole or mandatory
supervised release term shall be written as | ||||||
26 | part of the sentencing order and shall be as follows:
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1 | (1) for first degree murder or a Class X felony except | ||||||
2 | for the offenses of predatory criminal sexual assault of a | ||||||
3 | child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, and criminal | ||||||
4 | sexual assault if committed on or after the effective date | ||||||
5 | of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly and | ||||||
6 | except for the offense of aggravated child pornography | ||||||
7 | under Section 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or 11-20.1 with | ||||||
8 | sentencing under subsection (c-5) of Section 11-20.1 of the | ||||||
9 | Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, if | ||||||
10 | committed on or after January 1, 2009, 3 years;
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11 | (2) for a Class 1 felony or a Class 2 felony except for | ||||||
12 | the offense of criminal sexual assault if committed on or | ||||||
13 | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th | ||||||
14 | General Assembly and except for the offenses of manufacture | ||||||
15 | and dissemination of child pornography under clauses | ||||||
16 | (a)(1) and (a)(2) of Section 11-20.1 of the Criminal Code | ||||||
17 | of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, if committed on or | ||||||
18 | after January 1, 2009, 2 years;
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19 | (3) for a Class 3 felony or a Class 4 felony, 1 year;
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20 | (4) for defendants who commit the offense of predatory | ||||||
21 | criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal | ||||||
22 | sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault, on or after the | ||||||
23 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | ||||||
24 | Assembly, or who commit the offense of aggravated child | ||||||
25 | pornography under Section 11-20.1B, 11-20.3, or 11-20.1 | ||||||
26 | with sentencing under subsection (c-5) of Section 11-20.1 |
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1 | of the Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012, | ||||||
2 | manufacture of child pornography, or dissemination of | ||||||
3 | child pornography after January 1, 2009, the term of | ||||||
4 | mandatory supervised release shall range from a minimum of | ||||||
5 | 3 years to a maximum of the natural life of the defendant;
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6 | (5) if the victim is under 18 years of age, for a | ||||||
7 | second or subsequent
offense of aggravated criminal sexual | ||||||
8 | abuse or felony criminal sexual abuse,
4 years, at least | ||||||
9 | the first 2 years of which the defendant shall serve in an
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10 | electronic home detention program under Article 8A of | ||||||
11 | Chapter V of this Code;
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12 | (6) for a felony domestic battery, aggravated domestic | ||||||
13 | battery, stalking, aggravated stalking, and a felony | ||||||
14 | violation of an order of protection, 4 years. | ||||||
15 | (e) (Blank).
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16 | (f) (Blank).
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17 | (g) In People v. Wooters, 188 Ill. 2d 500 (1999), the | ||||||
18 | Illinois Supreme
Court declared that Public Act 89-203 violates | ||||||
19 | the single subject rule
of the Illinois Constitution (ILCON | ||||||
20 | Art. IV, Sec. 8) by including certain
provisions relating to | ||||||
21 | mortgage foreclosure in a bill otherwise relating to
crime. It | ||||||
22 | is the purpose of this amendatory Act of the 98th General | ||||||
23 | Assembly to re-enact and modify the provision relating
to the | ||||||
24 | imposition of a mandatory term of natural life
imprisonment if | ||||||
25 | the defendant is found guilty of murdering an
individual under | ||||||
26 | 12 years of age. It is also the intent of this amendatory Act |
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1 | to comply with the United States Supreme Court decision of | ||||||
2 | Miller v. Alabama which prohibits mandatory sentences of life | ||||||
3 | imprisonment without parole for murder where the defendant was | ||||||
4 | under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of the | ||||||
5 | offense. | ||||||
6 | (Source: P.A. 96-282, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; | ||||||
7 | 96-1200, eff. 7-22-10; 96-1475, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1551, eff. | ||||||
8 | 7-1-11; 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-531, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1109, | ||||||
9 | eff. 1-1-13; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
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