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Bills That Would Strengthen Privacy For Sexual Assault Victims One Step Closer to Becoming Law After CBS 2 Investigation
CBS Chicago 1 hr ago Syndicated Local – CBS Chicago
By Samah Assad, Brad Edwards, Christopher Hacker
CHICAGO (CBS) Two bills that would strengthen privacy protections for sexual assault victims in Illinois unanimously passed the House judiciary criminal committee Tuesday and are a step closer to becoming law.
The two pieces of legislation were prompted by a CBS 2 investigation that found the personal identifiers of child sexual assault victims were visible in publicly-available court documents in Cook County. This included victims’ names, home addresses and phone numbers.