Topic:
Criminal law and defense
(Biss, D-Skokie) provides that the following cannot be mitigating factors in a first-degree murder case nor serious provocation in a second-degree murder case: a non-violent sexual advance, nor the discovery, knowledge, or perception of a person’s sex or sexual orientation, including under circumstances in which the defendant and victim dated or had a romantic or sexual relationship. The change to first-degree murder is only relevant if the State re-enacts the death penalty. It has just been introduced.