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775 ILCS 40/1 (2026)

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(775 ILCS 40/1)
    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-223, eff. 8-10-09.)

    
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Cited in 25 cases (16 in the last 5 years), 2015–2026 · leading case: People v. Blalock, 2022 IL 126682 (Ill. 2022).
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People v. Blalock, 2022 IL 126682 (Ill. 2022). “1 The Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission was created by the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Act (775 ILCS 40/1 et seq. (West 2016)) to investigate claims that confessions were the result of police torture.”
People v. Christian, 2016 IL App (1st) 140030 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “In 2011, defendant Darryl Christian filed a petition before the Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission (Commission), claiming that he had been tortured into confessing to the murder of his stepmother in 1989, a crime for which he was convicted and sentenced to 55 years in the…”
People v. Whirl, 2015 IL App (1st) 111483 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 3× “(West 2012)) and the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Act (Torture Inquiry Act) (775 ILCS 40/1 et seq. (West 2012)). Following an evidentiary hearing, Whirl’s combined petition was denied.”
People v. Wilson, 2019 IL App (1st) 181486 (Ill. App. Ct. 2020). “More than 30 years after the shooting, the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission (Commission) found there was sufficient evidence that petitioner was tortured to warrant an evidentiary hearing under the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Act (Torture Act)…”
People v. Fair, 2024 IL 128373 (Ill. 2024). “¶ 103 While I dissent, I agree with the majority’s determination that a court analyzing a claim of torture referred for review under the Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Act (Act) (775 ILCS 40/1 et seq. (West 2018)) must consider the totality of the circumstances, including…”
People v. Johnson, 2022 IL App (1st) 201371 (Ill. App. Ct. 2022). “The TIRC issued a disposition in which it found that Johnson’s torture claims for both cases fell within the scope of the TIRC Act and that there was sufficient evidence of torture to refer the matter to the circuit court for judicial review.”
People v. Brooks, 2021 IL App (4th) 200573 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “3d 1067 , at issue was evidence being offered at an evidentiary hearing under the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief -8- Commission Act (Torture Act) (775 ILCS 40/1 et seq. (West 2010)). In Wilson, the First District noted that “[a]n evidentiary hearing under the Torture Act…”
People v. Muhammad, 2023 IL App (1st) 220372 (Ill. App. Ct. 2023). · cites it 2× “775 ILCS 40/1 (eff. Aug. 10, 2009); see State of Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission, https://www2.”
People v. Johnson, 2021 IL App (1st) 152310 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). “Thereafter, the defendant’s attorney filed an amended petition based on both the Postconviction Act and the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Act (Torture Inquiry Act) (775 ILCS 40/1 et seq. (West 2012)), renewing the defendant’s claims that he was tortured by…”
People v. Gibson, 2018 IL App (1st) 162177 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “See 775 ILCS 40/1 et seq. (West 2012). The TIRC is an eight-person commission, appointed by the Governor, to investigate allegations of police torture.”
People v. Muhammad, 2025 IL 130470 (Ill. 2025). “OPINION ¶1 This appeal presents us with another opportunity to interpret the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission Act (TIRC Act) (775 ILCS 40/1 et seq. (West 2018)) and, for the first time, address what evidence is needed to rescind the appointment of a special…”
People v. Gibson, 2018 IL App (1st) 162177 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). “See 775 ILCS 40/1 et seq. (West 2012). The TIRC is an -5- eight-person commission, appointed by the Governor, to investigate allegations of police torture.”
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