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Bill: "Getting Tough on Crime" Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Anarcho-Nationalist Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: May 2356
Description[?]:
| We need to toughen up our policies on crime. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Torture is never allowed.
Current: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Proposed: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:24:16, February 05, 2007 CET | From |  Democratic Party of Dorvik | To | Debating the "Getting Tough on Crime" Act |
| Message | Torturing would endanger innocent people who just happen to be suspects due to unfavourable conditions or plain bad luck. Allowing torturing would also have negative effect on our image in the world as civilized, cultured & free democratic country. We oppose this bill. |
| Date | 12:43:14, February 06, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Anarcho-Nationalist Party | To | Debating the "Getting Tough on Crime" Act |
| Message | What the world thinks of us does not matter when our safety is at stake. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 105 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 194 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "The payment of taxes gives a right to protection." - James M. Wayne |