Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act - Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act

(725 ILCS 120/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1401) Sec. 1. Short title. This Article I may be cited as the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. (Source: P.A. 88-489.) (725 ILCS 120/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1402) Sec. 2. The purpose of this Act is to implement, preserve, protect, and enforce the rights guaranteed to crime victims by Article I, Section 8.1 of the Illinois Constitution to ensure that crime victims are treated with fairness and respect for their dignity and privacy throughout the criminal justice system, to ensure that crime victims are informed of their rights and have standing to assert their rights in the trial and appellate courts, to establish procedures for enforcement of those rights, and to increase the effectiveness of the criminal justice system by affording certain basic ...