The purposes of this Act are:
     (1) To create the Ad Hoc Statewide Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Board to support domestic violence fatality review in this State.

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 750 ILCS 62/15

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

     (2) To establish regional domestic violence fatality review teams that engage in domestic violence fatality review in this State in order to foster systemic reform that aims to:
         (A) reduce domestic violence and domestic violence
    
related fatalities and near-fatalities in this State;
        (B) address disparate and discriminatory practices
    
and attitudes in the systems that interact with victims, survivors, and offenders; and
        (C) reduce the cost on society of domestic violence
    
and domestic violence related fatalities and near-fatalities by:
            (i) reviewing selected cases eligible for review;
             (ii) examining how systems have responded to
        
individual experiences;
            (iii) identifying gaps and barriers to effective
        
and equitable responses that promote safety, stability, well-being, healing, and accountability; and
            (iv) recommending strategies to improve community
        
and systemic responses to domestic violence in order to foster points of intervention and support that are effective, coordinated, collaborative, consistent, just, and equitable.