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Testimony before the Illinois Senate Criminal Law Committee Hearing on Wrongful Convictions
Our Legislative Counsel, Khadine Bennett, testified before the Illinois Senate Criminal Law Committee today on the subject of wrongful convictions. Read her testimony: Good morning. My name is Khadine Bennett,... Continue reading
Protesting? Know your rights!
Take the quiz Think you know your rights? Test your knowledge! Since mid-September groups of people have been occupying financial districts in cities around the country to protest and... Continue reading
Audio from Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Hearing
The ACLU of Illinois appeared before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday in our case ACLU v Alvarez. Richard O’Brien, a partner at Sidley Austin, argued the case on... Continue reading
Governor issues amendatory veto on surveillance camera data collection
House Bill 1948 – which passed both the Illinois House and Illinois Senate unanimously – requires agencies that own or have access to certain kinds of video surveillance cameras to... Continue reading
Appeal Filed in ACLU v. Alvarez
Updated May 4, 2011: A handful of national journalism organizations have filed an amici curiae brief in support of the ACLU’s appeal. They are the Reporters Committee for Freedom of... Continue reading
Camera Bill Passes Illinois House
The Surveillance Camera Data Collection Act (House Bill 1948), which would require police agencies that own or have access to video surveillance cameras to disclose to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority the number of their cameras, and their privacy regulations, has passed the Illinois House in a 110-0 vote. Continue Reading.
HB 1948 – Surveillance Camera Data Collection: Status Update
On March 16th, HB 1948 (Amendment 1), the Surveillance Camera Data Collection Act unanimously passed the House Judiciary I – Civil Law Committee 11-0. The bill is now on second... Continue reading
Bills We Support: HB 1948 – Surveillance Camera Data Collection
HB 1948 – Surveillance Camera Data Collection House Sponsors: Reps. Jakobsson – Rose - Currie – Davis, M – Kay ACLU Initiative HB 1948 would require police agencies that own... Continue reading
ACLU amends challenge to eavesdropping law
In August 2010, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois filed a lawsuit arguing that civilians have a right protected by the First Amendment to make audio recordings of on-duty... Continue reading
New brief filed in ACLU v. Alvarez
Yesterday, the ACLU of Illinois filed a new brief in our case, ACLU v. Alvarez, seeking to end prosecutions for recording public conversations with police. The brief, simultaneously arguing for... Continue reading
