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A RESOLUTION
Recommending the Adoption of
Mandatory Sentencing for
'i Felonies Involving the Use
of a Firearm
4/24/80
I WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Evanston is committed to
...reducing the amount of crime within the State of Illinois; and
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WHEREAS, there has been an increase in the number of felonies
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felonies involve the use of firearms; and
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WHEREAS, in those states which have adopted mandatory sentencing
laws for persons convicted of using firearms to commit felonies, there has
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been a decrease in the rate of such felonies; and
WHEREAS, mandatory sentencing laws are an effective tool in the
reduction of such felonies;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Evanston that it urgently recommends that the General Assembly of the State
of Illinois adopt a mandatory sentencing law providing for mandatory in-
carceration of those convicted of the commission of a felony by the use of
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a firearm.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be transmitted forth-
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with to the Illinois State Legislators of the First and Eleventh District
and to Governor James Thompson.
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C iffy Clerk
Adopted: 1980
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