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Tuesday Feb 7 | Daily Egyptian

Illinois' strict eavesdropping law should change

Illinois has one of the strictest eavesdropping laws in the nation, but some state legislators are proposing a bill that could allow the recording of a police officer on the job in a public setting without the officer's consent.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Cook County, IL

Tuesday Feb 7 | Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

State: Ban on recording police challenged

Legislation to roll back steep penalties in cases where citizens make audio recordings of police officers on the job has been proposed in the Illinois House.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Illinois Government

Tuesday Feb 7 | Belleville News Democrat

Illinois residents do not have right to record conversations with cops; some want law changed

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois residents don't have the right to record audio of their conversations with police, a law that some state legislators say needs to be changed, especially with the likelihood of protests at this spring's NATO and G8 summits in Chicago.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Illinois Government, Springfield, IL

Fri Jan 13, 2012

WBIW-AM Bedford

Man Sentenced To 30 Years For Sexually Assaulting Girl

Federal authorities arrested Eastwood last year. They found him in a hidden compartment he had built in a house in Crawford County, Ill.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu Dec 22, 2011

PR-inside.com

"Lincolnland Agri-Energy, LLC - Strategic SWOT Analysis Review" Published

The company also develops, financed, constructs, owns and operates ethanol plants in Crawford County.