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Illinois creates a new sentencing "advisory council"

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this press release, Illinois "Governor Pat Quinn on Tuesday signed a package of bills reducing the complexity and length of the Illinois Criminal Code and creating an advisory body to conduct comprehensive analyses of state sentencing laws and the impact sentencing changes would have on the criminal justice system." Here are more details: The trio of bills is the most recent product of the Criminal Law Edit, Alignment and Reform (CLEAR) Commission, which is composed of legislators, prosecutors, defense attorneys, judges, law enforcement representatives and other experts in the criminal justice system.... The CLEAR bills signed by Gov. Quinn include Senate Bill 1300 and Senate Bill 1325, which together rewrite about one-quarter of the Illinois Criminal Code...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 26, 2009 (boomark / email).