Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Not later than 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, requires the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to develop and adopt uniform policies and guidelines for conducting identification procedures (lineups and photo spreads) that are based on best practices and to be followed by all local government and State law enforcement. Not later than 6 months after the Board has developed and adopted policies and guidelines for conducting identification procedures, requires each police and sheriff department to adopt procedures in accordance with the policies and guidelines adopted by the Board. The policies and guideline must require that, if practicable, the person conducting the identification procedure shall be a blind administrator, which means he or she is not aware of which person in the lineup or photo spread is suspected as the perpetrator of the offense under investigation. If it is not practicable to have a blind administrator, the reason shall be explained in a report prepared prior to the lineup, or if a photo spread the spread shall be conducted by the use of a folder shuffle method, computer program, or other comparable method so that the person conducting the procedure does not know which photograph the eyewitness is viewing during the procedure. The policies and guidelines shall also require that whenever a specific person is suspected as the perpetrator of the offense under investigation, the persons participating in a lineup or the photographs included in a photo spread shall be presented sequentially so that the eyewitness views one person or one photograph at a time. If practicable an audio video or audio recording shall be made of the entire identification procedure and if not practicable a detailed written report stating the reason the recording could not be made. Provides instructions to the eyewitness to whom the identification procedure is presented. Sets forth procedures for conducting identification procedures. Repeals current lineup and photo spread procedures. Repeals an expired pilot study on sequential lineup procedures. Effective January 1, 2014, except repealers which are effective one year after this Act becomes law.
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Amends the Election Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Criminal Identification Act. Provides that all policing bodies of the State shall furnish to the Department of State Police, daily, in the form and detail the Department requires, fingerprints and descriptions of all persons charged as adults under the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 who are arrested on charges of violating any penal statute of this State for offenses that are classified as felonies and Class A or B misdemeanors. Deletes the provision that requires that the Department be furnished fingerprints and descriptions of all minors of the age of 10 and over who have been arrested for an offense which would be a felony if committed by an adult, and permits the policing bodies to forward those fingerprints and descriptions for minors arrested for Class A or B misdemeanors.