HB 73 Illinois House · 93rd Regular Session

RE-ENACTS -CHILD MURDER

Summary

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Re-enacts a provision added by Public Act 89-203 that was held unconstitutional in People v. Wooters, 188 Ill. 2d 500 (1999) as violating the single subject clause of the Illinois Constitution. Re-enacts the provision that requires the court to impose a sentence of natural life imprisonment upon a defendant who has not been sentenced to death and who at the time of the commission of the murder has attained the age of 17 or more and is found guilty of murdering an individual under 12 years of age. Effective immediately.

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Jan 2003

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Introduced Jan 6, 2003 Last action Jan 11, 2005

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Committee

Jan 11, 2005

House · Failed

Session Sine Die

Mar 13, 2003

House · Referred to committee

Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee

Jan 23, 2003

House · Referred to committee

Assigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee

Jan 8, 2003

House · Referred to committee

Referred to Rules Committee

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