Illinois Compiled Statutes 705 ILCS 315 — Jury Secrecy Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Jury Secrecy Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), whoever knowingly and wilfully, by any device or means whatsoever records or attempts to record, the proceedings of a petit jury in any court of the State of Illinois while the jury is deliberating or voting, or listens to or observes, or attempts to listen to or observe, the p…

Secrecy of jury

Secrecy of jury. A judge may prohibit the release to the public of the name of any member of a jury sitting in a court over which the judge presides if the judge finds that there would be a reasonable threat of harm to the juror if his or her name were released. (Source: P.A. 91-321, eff. 1-1-00.)