Bill Text: IL HR0432 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the landmark 1967 United States Supreme Court decision of In re Gault.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-25 - Resolution Adopted [HR0432 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0432-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Illinois is the home of the world's first juvenile | ||||||
3 | court, beginning in 1899 in Cook County; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Illinois has long recognized the need to ensure | ||||||
5 | all our State's children have an equal and fair right to | ||||||
6 | justice when in conflict with the law; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Issued 50 years ago on May 15, 1967, In re Gault, | ||||||
8 | 387 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision | ||||||
9 | that ensured the right to a lawyer for children accused of | ||||||
10 | crimes in juvenile court; the ruling also provided other due | ||||||
11 | process rights, including the right to be notified of the | ||||||
12 | charges, the right to cross-examine witnesses, and the right to | ||||||
13 | not make a statement against oneself; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Illinois complies with In re Gault through the | ||||||
15 | statutory requirement of due process protections for all | ||||||
16 | children in conflict with the law, including the requirement of | ||||||
17 | a lawyer appointed at the first court hearing; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Illinois has been at the forefront of national | ||||||
19 | reforms to ensure that all our children receive fundamentally | ||||||
20 | fair and humane treatment throughout the juvenile justice | ||||||
21 | system; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
2 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
3 | recognize the landmark 1967 United States Supreme Court | ||||||
4 | decision of In re Gault, by ensuring that Illinois fully honors | ||||||
5 | the promise of Gault and of the juvenile court by ensuring that | ||||||
6 | detention or confinement to State juvenile prison is a last | ||||||
7 | resort and for as short a time as possible, by ensuring all | ||||||
8 | children begin their case in juvenile court, by ensuring all | ||||||
9 | children receive the protection of counsel beginning at the | ||||||
10 | first point of contact, and by ensuring that all our children | ||||||
11 | receive fundamentally fair and humane treatment within the | ||||||
12 | juvenile justice system.
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