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725 ILCS 120/2 (2026)

The purpose of this Act is to implement, preserve, protect, and enforce the rights guaranteed to crime victims by Article I, Section 8

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(725 ILCS 120/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1402)
    Sec. 2. The purpose of this Act is to implement, preserve, protect, and enforce the rights guaranteed to crime victims by Article I, Section 8.1 of the Illinois Constitution to ensure that crime victims are treated with fairness and respect for their dignity and privacy throughout the criminal justice system, to ensure that crime victims are informed of their rights and have standing to assert their rights in the trial and appellate courts, to establish procedures for enforcement of those rights, and to increase the effectiveness of the criminal justice system by affording certain basic rights and considerations to the witnesses of crime who are essential to prosecution.
(Source: P.A. 99-413, eff. 8-20-15.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1998–2024 · leading case: People Ex Rel. Birkett v. Bakalis, 752 N.E.2d 1107 (Ill. 2001).
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People Ex Rel. Birkett v. Bakalis, 752 N.E.2d 1107 (Ill. 2001). · cites it 2× “1(a)(1); 725 ILCS 120/2 (West 2000)) *1111 should have been weighed against Marilyn Lemak's right to take a deposition pursuant to Rule 416(e).”
People v. Chatman, 2016 IL App (1st) 152395 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). · cites it 2× “1 of the Illinois Constitution" (Act) (725 ILCS 120/2 (West 2012)).20 ¶ 53 The Act has been amended every year from 2010 through 2016.”
People v. Hope, 702 N.E.2d 1282 (Ill. 1998). · cites it 2× “Contrary to the majority's interpretation, the Act is not intended to alter or restrict the range of evidence that the State may introduce in aggravation; instead, the Act is designed to provide and enforce certain statutory and constitutional rights for victims and witnesses of…”
People v. Chatman, 2016 IL App (1st) 152395 (Ill. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “1 of the Illinois Constitution” (725 ILCS 120/2 (West 2012)).20 ¶ 53 The Act has been amended every year from 2010 through 2016.”
Andersen v. City of Chicago (N.D. Ill. 2019). “See 725 ILCS 120/2 (stating that the purpose of the Act is “to implement, preserve, protect, and enforce the rights guaranteed to crime victims by Article 1, Section 8.”
People v. Cote, 2024 IL App (4th) 240529-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “Under the Crime Victims Act, a “crime victim” or “victim” includes “any natural person determined by the prosecutor or the court to have suffered direct physical or psychological harm as a result of a violent crime perpetrated or attempted against that person.”
People ex rel. Birkett v. Bakalis (Ill. 2001). “1(a)(1); 725 ILCS 120/2 (West 2000)) should have been weighed against Marilyn Lemak’s right to take a deposition pursuant to Rule 416(e).”
People v. Hope (Ill. 1998). “Contrary to the majority's interpretation, the Act is not intended to alter or restrict the range of evidence that the State may introduce in aggravation; instead, the Act is designed to provide and enforce certain statutory and constitutional rights for victims and witnesses of…”
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