Ahead of the G-8 and NATO summits in Chicago in May, a county judge found that the state’s eavesdropping law was unconstitutional.
The law makes it a felony to record any conversation without the consent of all parties and carries a penalty of up to 15 years in prison if a police officer is recorded without his or her knowledge. -db
From the Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2012, by Jason Meisner.