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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act | ||||||
| 3 | guarantees to crime victims the rights assured by Article I, | ||||||
| 4 | Section 8.1 of the Illinois Constitution to ensure that crime | ||||||
| 5 | victims are treated with fairness and respect for their | ||||||
| 6 | dignity and privacy throughout the criminal justice system, to | ||||||
| 7 | ensure that crime victims are informed of their rights and | ||||||
| 8 | have standing to assert their rights in the trial and | ||||||
| 9 | appellate courts, to establish procedures for enforcement of | ||||||
| 10 | those rights, and to increase the effectiveness of the | ||||||
| 11 | criminal justice system by affording certain basic rights and | ||||||
| 12 | considerations to the witnesses of crime who are essential to | ||||||
| 13 | prosecution; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, The Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act | ||||||
| 15 | guarantees to all crime victims timely notification of all | ||||||
| 16 | court proceedings; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, The retail loss prevention report and notice | ||||||
| 18 | requirements created by Public Act 103-757, the Illinois | ||||||
| 19 | Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail | ||||||
| 20 | Marketplaces for Consumers Act, granted non-human victims | ||||||
| 21 | greater rights than human victims, including the right to | ||||||
| 22 | seven days' notice of any court proceedings; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, State's attorneys and victim advocates work | ||||||
| 2 | diligently, sometimes with insufficient resources, to | ||||||
| 3 | accomplish the difficult task of effectuating communication | ||||||
| 4 | with all victims as soon as possible; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The judiciary works diligently to dispose of all | ||||||
| 6 | cases in a timely manner; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Cuts to federal Victim of Crime Act funding and | ||||||
| 8 | requirements created by the SAFE-T Act have placed additional | ||||||
| 9 | pressures on the judiciary, law enforcement, state's | ||||||
| 10 | attorneys, and victim advocates; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, It is impracticable to impose a daily timeframe | ||||||
| 12 | upon state's attorneys to complete notice in every case; | ||||||
| 13 | therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 15 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 16 | we recognize that human victims deserve equal rights to | ||||||
| 17 | non-human victims regarding the timely notice of proceedings; | ||||||
| 18 | and be it further | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, That we urge members of the judiciary and law | ||||||
| 20 | enforcement to prioritize human victims within daily court | ||||||
| 21 | dockets over corporate/business entities; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | delivered to all suitable members of the judiciary.
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