CD CORR-FIRST DEGREE MURDER House SponsorsRep. Dan Brady 1/8/2013HouseSession Sine Die 730 ILCS 5/5-8-1from Ch. 38, par. 1005-8-1 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the court shall (rather than may) sentence the defendant to a term of natural life imprisonment when the death penalty is not imposed if the defendant is found guilty of first degree murder and the murder was accompanied by exceptionally brutal or heinous behavior indicative of wanton cruelty. 2/7/2011HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Dan Brady 2/7/2011HouseFirst Reading 2/7/2011HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/14/2011HouseAssigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee 3/17/2011HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/8/2013HouseSession Sine Die