Illinois · Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5)
720 ILCS 5 § 8-1: Solicitation and solicitation of murder
What this law says, in plain English
This statute defines two offenses: solicitation (commanding or encouraging another to commit a crime with intent that crime occur) and solicitation of murder (soliciting first-degree murder), which is a Class X felony carrying 15–30 years imprisonment, or 20–60 years if the solicited victim is under 17.
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