093_HB3357

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning criminal justice.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The Criminal Code  of  1961  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 9-1 as follows:

 6        (720 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 9-1)
 7        Sec.  9-1.  First  degree  Murder  -  Death  penalties  -
 8    Exceptions - Separate Hearings - Proof - Findings - Appellate
 9    procedures - Reversals.
10        (a)  A  person  who  kills  an  individual without lawful
11    justification commits first degree murder if,  in  performing
12    the acts which cause the death:
13             (1)  he  either  intends  to kill or do great bodily
14        harm to that individual or another, or  knows  that  such
15        acts will cause death to that individual or another; or
16             (2)  he   knows  that  such  acts  create  a  strong
17        probability  of  death  or  great  bodily  harm  to  that
18        individual or another; or
19             (3)  he  is  attempting  or  committing  a  forcible
20        felony other than second degree murder.
21        (b)  Aggravating Factors.  A defendant:
22             (1)  who at  the  time  of  the  commission  of  the
23        offense has attained the age of 18 or more; and
24             (2)  who  has  been  found  guilty  of  first degree
25        murder; and
26             (3)  whose guilt was not, in  the  determination  of
27        the court, based solely upon the uncorroborated testimony
28        of   one   eyewitness,  of  one  accomplice,  or  of  one
29        incarcerated informant;
30        may be sentenced to death if:
31             (1)  the murdered individual was a peace officer  or
 
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 1        fireman  killed  in the course of performing his official
 2        duties,  to  prevent  the  performance  of  his  official
 3        duties, or in retaliation  for  performing  his  official
 4        duties,  and the defendant knew or should have known that
 5        the murdered individual was a peace officer  or  fireman;
 6        or
 7             (2)  the  murdered  individual was an employee of an
 8        institution or facility of the Department of Corrections,
 9        or any similar local correctional agency, killed  in  the
10        course  of performing his official duties, to prevent the
11        performance of his official duties, or in retaliation for
12        performing  his  official   duties,   or   the   murdered
13        individual  was an inmate at such institution or facility
14        and was killed on the grounds thereof,  or  the  murdered
15        individual  was  otherwise present in such institution or
16        facility with the knowledge and  approval  of  the  chief
17        administrative officer thereof; or
18             (3)  the  defendant  has been convicted of murdering
19        two or more individuals  under  subsection  (a)  of  this
20        Section  or  under any law of the United States or of any
21        state which is substantially similar to subsection (a) of
22        this Section regardless  of whether the  deaths  occurred
23        as  the  result  of the same act or of several related or
24        unrelated acts so long as the deaths were the  result  of
25        either  an  intent  to  kill  more  than one person or of
26        separate acts which the defendant knew would cause  death
27        or  create  a strong probability of death or great bodily
28        harm to the murdered individual or another; or
29             (4)  the murdered individual was killed as a  result
30        of  the  hijacking  of  an  airplane, train, ship, bus or
31        other public conveyance; or
32             (5)  the defendant committed the murder pursuant  to
33        a contract, agreement or understanding by which he was to
34        receive   money  or  anything  of  value  in  return  for
 
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 1        committing the murder or procured another to  commit  the
 2        murder for money or anything of value; or
 3             (6)  the  murdered  individual  was  killed  in  the
 4        course of another felony if:
 5                  (a)  the murdered individual:
 6                       (i)  was actually killed by the defendant,
 7                  or
 8                       (ii)  received      physical      injuries
 9                  personally    inflicted    by   the   defendant
10                  substantially contemporaneously  with  physical
11                  injuries  caused  by  one  or  more persons for
12                  whose  conduct   the   defendant   is   legally
13                  accountable under Section 5-2 of this Code, and
14                  the  physical  injuries inflicted by either the
15                  defendant or the other person  or  persons  for
16                  whose  conduct he is legally accountable caused
17                  the death of the murdered individual; and
18                  (b)  in performing the acts  which  caused  the
19             death  of  the murdered individual or which resulted
20             in physical injuries  personally  inflicted  by  the
21             defendant  on  the  murdered  individual  under  the
22             circumstances  of  subdivision  (ii) of subparagraph
23             (a) of paragraph  (6)  of  subsection  (b)  of  this
24             Section, the defendant acted with the intent to kill
25             the  murdered  individual or with the knowledge that
26             his acts created a strong probability  of  death  or
27             great  bodily  harm  to  the  murdered individual or
28             another; and
29                  (c)  the other felony was one of the following:
30             armed robbery, armed  violence,  robbery,  predatory
31             criminal  sexual  assault  of  a  child,  aggravated
32             criminal   sexual  assault,  aggravated  kidnapping,
33             aggravated vehicular hijacking, forcible  detention,
34             arson,   aggravated   arson,   aggravated  stalking,
 
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 1             burglary,  residential  burglary,   home   invasion,
 2             calculated  criminal  drug  conspiracy as defined in
 3             Section 405 of the  Illinois  Controlled  Substances
 4             Act,  streetgang criminal drug conspiracy as defined
 5             in  Section  405.2  of   the   Illinois   Controlled
 6             Substances  Act, or the attempt to commit any of the
 7             felonies listed in this subsection (c); or
 8             (7)  the murdered individual was under 12  years  of
 9        age  and  the death resulted from exceptionally brutal or
10        heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty; or
11             (8)  the defendant committed the murder with  intent
12        to prevent the murdered individual from testifying in any
13        criminal prosecution or giving material assistance to the
14        State in any investigation or prosecution, either against
15        the  defendant or another; or the defendant committed the
16        murder because the murdered individual was a  witness  in
17        any  prosecution or gave material assistance to the State
18        in any investigation or prosecution, either  against  the
19        defendant or another; or
20             (9)  the  defendant,  while  committing  an  offense
21        punishable  under Sections 401, 401.1, 401.2, 405, 405.2,
22        407 or 407.1 or subsection (b)  of  Section  404  of  the
23        Illinois Controlled Substances Act, or while engaged in a
24        conspiracy   or  solicitation  to  commit  such  offense,
25        intentionally  killed   an   individual   or   counseled,
26        commanded,  induced,  procured  or caused the intentional
27        killing of the murdered individual; or
28             (10)  the   defendant   was   incarcerated   in   an
29        institution or facility of the Department of  Corrections
30        at  the  time  of  the  murder,  and  while committing an
31        offense punishable as a felony  under  Illinois  law,  or
32        while  engaged  in a conspiracy or solicitation to commit
33        such  offense,  intentionally  killed  an  individual  or
34        counseled, commanded, induced,  procured  or  caused  the
 
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 1        intentional killing of the murdered individual; or
 2             (11)  the murder was committed in a cold, calculated
 3        and  premeditated manner pursuant to a preconceived plan,
 4        scheme or design to take a human life by unlawful  means,
 5        and  the  conduct  of  the defendant created a reasonable
 6        expectation that the death of a human being would  result
 7        therefrom; or
 8             (12)  the   murdered  individual  was  an  emergency
 9        medical  technician  -   ambulance,   emergency   medical
10        technician - intermediate, emergency medical technician -
11        paramedic,  ambulance driver, or other medical assistance
12        or first aid personnel, employed  by  a  municipality  or
13        other   governmental   unit,  killed  in  the  course  of
14        performing  his   official   duties,   to   prevent   the
15        performance of his official duties, or in retaliation for
16        performing his official duties, and the defendant knew or
17        should  have  known  that  the murdered individual was an
18        emergency  medical  technician  -  ambulance,   emergency
19        medical  technician  -  intermediate,  emergency  medical
20        technician   -  paramedic,  ambulance  driver,  or  other
21        medical assistance or first aid personnel; or
22             (13)  the defendant was a  principal  administrator,
23        organizer,  or  leader  of  a  calculated  criminal  drug
24        conspiracy  consisting  of  a  hierarchical  position  of
25        authority  superior  to  that of all other members of the
26        conspiracy,  and  the  defendant  counseled,   commanded,
27        induced,  procured,  or caused the intentional killing of
28        the murdered person; or
29             (14)  the murder was intentional  and  involved  the
30        infliction  of  torture.  For the purpose of this Section
31        torture means the infliction of or subjection to  extreme
32        physical  pain,  motivated  by  an  intent to increase or
33        prolong the pain, suffering or agony of the victim; or
34             (15)  the murder was committed as a  result  of  the
 
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 1        intentional  discharge of a firearm by the defendant from
 2        a motor vehicle and the victim was not present within the
 3        motor vehicle; or
 4             (16)  the murdered individual was 60 years of age or
 5        older and the death resulted from exceptionally brutal or
 6        heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty; or
 7             (17)  the murdered individual was a disabled  person
 8        and  the  defendant  knew  or  should have known that the
 9        murdered individual was disabled.  For purposes  of  this
10        paragraph  (17),  "disabled  person"  means  a person who
11        suffers from a permanent physical  or  mental  impairment
12        resulting from disease, an injury, a functional disorder,
13        or   a  congenital  condition  that  renders  the  person
14        incapable of adequately providing  for  his  or  her  own
15        health or personal care; or
16             (18)  the  murder  was  committed  by  reason of any
17        person's activity as a community policing volunteer or to
18        prevent  any  person  from  engaging  in  activity  as  a
19        community policing volunteer; or
20             (19)  the murdered  individual  was  subject  to  an
21        order  of  protection  and  the murder was committed by a
22        person against whom the  same  order  of  protection  was
23        issued  under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986;
24        or
25             (20)  the  murdered  individual  was  known  by  the
26        defendant to be a teacher or other person employed in any
27        school and the teacher or  other  employee  is  upon  the
28        grounds  of  a school or grounds adjacent to a school, or
29        is in any part of a building used for school purposes; or
30             (21)  the murder was committed by the  defendant  in
31        connection  with  or  as  a  result  of  the  offense  of
32        terrorism as defined in Section 29D-30 of this Code.
33          (c)  Consideration   of   factors  in  Aggravation  and
34    Mitigation.
 
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 1        The court shall consider, or shall instruct the  jury  to
 2    consider any aggravating and any mitigating factors which are
 3    relevant to the imposition of the death penalty.  Aggravating
 4    factors  may include but need not be limited to those factors
 5    set forth in subsection (b). Mitigating factors  may  include
 6    but need not be limited to the following:
 7             (1)  the  defendant  has  no  significant history of
 8        prior criminal activity;
 9             (2)  the murder was committed  while  the  defendant
10        was  under  the  influence of extreme mental or emotional
11        disturbance, although not such as to constitute a defense
12        to prosecution;
13             (3)  the murdered individual was  a  participant  in
14        the  defendant's  homicidal  conduct  or consented to the
15        homicidal act;
16             (4)  the defendant acted  under  the  compulsion  of
17        threat  or  menace of the imminent infliction of death or
18        great bodily harm;
19             (5)  the defendant was not personally present during
20        commission of the act or acts causing death.
21        (d)  Separate sentencing hearing.
22        Where requested by the State, the court shall  conduct  a
23    separate  sentencing proceeding to determine the existence of
24    factors set forth in  subsection  (b)  and  to  consider  any
25    aggravating  or mitigating factors as indicated in subsection
26    (c).  The proceeding shall be conducted:
27             (1)  before the jury that determined the defendant's
28        guilt; or
29             (2)  before a jury impanelled for the purpose of the
30        proceeding if:
31                  A.  the defendant was convicted upon a plea  of
32             guilty; or
33                  B.  the  defendant  was convicted after a trial
34             before the court sitting without a jury; or
 
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 1                  C.  the court for good cause  shown  discharges
 2             the jury that determined the defendant's guilt; or
 3             (3)  before  the court alone if the defendant waives
 4        a jury for the separate proceeding.
 5        (e)  Evidence and Argument.
 6        During the proceeding any information relevant to any  of
 7    the  factors  set forth in subsection (b) may be presented by
 8    either the State or the defendant under the  rules  governing
 9    the   admission   of   evidence   at  criminal  trials.   Any
10    information relevant to any additional aggravating factors or
11    any mitigating factors indicated in  subsection  (c)  may  be
12    presented  by  the  State  or  defendant  regardless  of  its
13    admissibility  under  the  rules  governing  the admission of
14    evidence at criminal trials.  The  State  and  the  defendant
15    shall  be  given  fair  opportunity  to rebut any information
16    received at the hearing.
17        (f)  Proof.
18        The burden of proof of establishing the existence of  any
19    of  the  factors  set forth in subsection (b) is on the State
20    and shall  not  be  satisfied  unless  established  beyond  a
21    reasonable doubt.
22        (g)  Procedure - Jury.
23        If  at  the separate sentencing proceeding the jury finds
24    that none of the factors set forth in subsection (b)  exists,
25    the   court  shall  sentence  the  defendant  to  a  term  of
26    imprisonment  under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified   Code   of
27    Corrections.   If  there  is  a unanimous finding by the jury
28    that one or more of the factors set forth in  subsection  (b)
29    exist,  the  jury  shall  consider aggravating and mitigating
30    factors as  instructed  by  the  court  and  shall  determine
31    whether  the sentence of death shall be imposed.  If the jury
32    determines unanimously that there are no  mitigating  factors
33    sufficient  to preclude the imposition of the death sentence,
34    the court shall sentence the defendant to death.
 
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 1        Unless the jury  unanimously  finds  that  there  are  no
 2    mitigating  factors  sufficient to preclude the imposition of
 3    the death sentence the court shall sentence the defendant  to
 4    a term of imprisonment under Chapter V of the Unified Code of
 5    Corrections.
 6        (h)  Procedure - No Jury.
 7        In  a  proceeding  before  the  court alone, if the court
 8    finds that none  of  the  factors  found  in  subsection  (b)
 9    exists,  the  court shall sentence the defendant to a term of
10    imprisonment  under  Chapter  V  of   the  Unified  Code   of
11    Corrections.
12        If  the  Court determines that one or more of the factors
13    set forth in subsection (b) exists, the Court shall  consider
14    any  aggravating  and  mitigating  factors  as  indicated  in
15    subsection  (c).   If  the Court determines that there are no
16    mitigating factors sufficient to preclude the  imposition  of
17    the death sentence, the Court shall sentence the defendant to
18    death.
19        Unless  the  court  finds  that  there  are no mitigating
20    factors sufficient to preclude the imposition of the sentence
21    of death, the court shall sentence the defendant to a term of
22    imprisonment  under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified   Code   of
23    Corrections.
24        (i)  Appellate Procedure.
25        The  conviction and sentence of death shall be subject to
26    automatic review by the Supreme Court.  Such review shall  be
27    in accordance with rules promulgated by the Supreme Court.
28        (j)  Disposition of reversed death sentence.
29        In  the  event that the death penalty in this Act is held
30    to be unconstitutional by the Supreme  Court  of  the  United
31    States  or  of the State of Illinois, any person convicted of
32    first degree murder shall be sentenced by the court to a term
33    of imprisonment under  Chapter  V  of  the  Unified  Code  of
34    Corrections.
 
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 1        In  the  event  that  any  death sentence pursuant to the
 2    sentencing   provisions   of   this   Section   is   declared
 3    unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States or
 4    of the State of Illinois, the court having jurisdiction  over
 5    a  person  previously  sentenced  to  death  shall  cause the
 6    defendant to be brought before the court, and the court shall
 7    sentence the  defendant  to  a  term  of  imprisonment  under
 8    Chapter V of the Unified Code of Corrections.
 9    (Source: P.A. 91-357,  eff.  7-29-99;  91-434,  eff.  1-1-00;
10    92-854, eff. 12-5-02.)