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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, During the 95th General Assembly, Senate Joint |
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| Resolution 9 created the Illinois Justice Study Committee to |
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| review all non-capital wrongful felony conviction cases that |
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| have been resolved as of the effective date of that resolution |
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| and which resulted from DNA testing; a pardon granted on the |
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| basis of actual innocence; and dismissal of charges or |
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| acquittals upon a retrial based on relief granted by either the |
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| Illinois Appellate or Supreme Courts, or the federal District, |
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| Court of Appeals, or United States Supreme Court; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Justice Study Committee was to report |
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| its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the |
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| General Assembly by December 31, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Justice Study Committee needs |
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| additional time to complete its work; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Illinois Justice Study Committee |
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| created by Senate Joint Resolution 9 of the 95th General |
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| Assembly shall submit its report by December 31, 2010; and be |
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| it further
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