The appeal of an Illinois law prohibiting the public from recording police officers during duty was rejected on Monday by the Supreme Court. This law makes audio recording an officer on duty a felony, punishable to up to 15 years. The justices passed off the case to a federal appeals court. Court ruling found that "the state's anti-eavesdropping law violate's free-speech rights when used against people who audiotape police officers." People in Illinois are currently allowed to photograph, film, even quote police officers while they're on duty, but are strictly forbidden from audio recording them. This Illinois law has been especially controversial in the last year. In Auust 2011, a woman was charged with recording Chicago police officers she believed were talk her out of filing a sexual hurasment complain against a patrol officer. Judges later declared the law unconstituational.
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