DEATH PENALTY

Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides for the decertification of a police officer who was the subject of an administrative proceeding of a law enforcement agency employing the officer and was determined to knowingly have committed perjury in a criminal proceeding. Amends the Counties Code. Permits the Public Defender to act as an attorney for an indigent person, without fee and appointment by the court, who is in custody during the person's interrogation regarding first degree murder for which the death penalty may be imposed and the person has requested advice of counsel. Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Eliminates various aggravating factors for which the death penalty may be imposed. Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that a defendant charged with first degree murder may make a motion prior to trial to preclude the imposition of the death penalty because the defendant is mentally retarded. Provides that, in pilot areas of the State selected by the Director of State Police, when a statement of the defendant made during a custodial interrogation is to be offered as evidence at trial for first degree murder for which the death penalty may be imposed, without an electronic audio and video recording of the interrogation and statement, the court must conduct a hearing on the admissibility of the statement. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a person who is mentally retarded is unfit to be executed. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.