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Bill: Justice Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Absolutist 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: March 2362
Description[?]:
| The AP believes that the following reforms must be made to ensure the continued success of our Justice System. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This bill is supported by the Chancellor, the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Internal Affairs. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Current: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Proposed: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons apart from specially trained firearms units.
Current: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:47:58, February 16, 2007 CET | From |  Ikradone Nationalsozialistische Partei | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | We fully support article Two, but are unsure on articles one or three. |
| Date | 19:33:36, February 16, 2007 CET | From | National Conservative Party | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | The NCP will oppose. |
| Date | 01:23:48, February 17, 2007 CET | From | Absolutist Party | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | INSP: Do not traitors, who have, in effect, attempted to murder the entire population deserve death? Do not terrorists, who kill hundres, even thousands, of Ikradonians deserve to suffer the same fate? Do not genocidal leaders deserve death? Article Three: Prison is supposed to be a punishment, not a free job, or a place to sleep, free of charge. |
| Date | 21:54:04, February 17, 2007 CET | From | Socialist Workers Union | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | Treason? That is shaky ground, as a number of things could be treason, for example a whistle blower pointing out wrongs by the government could be treason, you going to hang people that don't agree with you? We drafted the bill on behalf of our members of the police unions to limit the use of firearms to special units and it has been a success with a drop in the number of gun crimes overall. Now the AP want to be alarmist and rearm officers and to give anyone who wants one a gun. Idiotic! Article three could be deemed slavery which as the honourable member is aware is banned. |
| Date | 22:11:23, February 17, 2007 CET | From | Ikradone Nationalsozialistische Partei | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | Article One: We have decided to support this article. Article Two: We have no idea where the SWU gets its statistics, as since police officers have been banned from carrying weapons, there has been a rise in violent crime in areas where the INSP monitors, and there have been several police fatalities due to criminals carrying illegal deadly weapons, and the police being unable to effectively defend themselves. Overall, less than two percent of violent gun crimes are executed with legal firearms. Article Three: We are still unsure over this article. While we agree that prisoners should NOT get paid while incarcerated, we have reservations about MAKING them work. |
| Date | 04:19:24, February 18, 2007 CET | From | Absolutist Party | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | Is sleeping all day a punishment? Crime statistics have also risen in AP monitored areas. |
| Date | 06:06:25, February 18, 2007 CET | From | New Democratic Party | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | Why is prison supposed to be punitive? We should be rehabilitating them to take a proper and respectable role in society, not imprisoning out of petty spite. The AP should cease their dishonest fabrication of statistics and "evidence". |
| Date | 06:18:56, February 18, 2007 CET | From | Ikradone Nationalsozialistische Partei | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | Because of Article Three, we will have to vote against this bill. However, should the AP propose a bill with Articles One and Two only, we will support. |
| Date | 06:41:20, February 18, 2007 CET | From | Absolutist Party | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | We are sad to find out that the INSP supports the murder of yet more cops. Here we thoguht we had fellow true Irkadonians. Apparently, the INSP are just another liberal party. |
| Date | 06:47:13, February 18, 2007 CET | From | Ikradone Nationalsozialistische Partei | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | AFter consultation with the party leadership, and a quick call-in Party Member refferendum, we have decided that most of the INSP party members would wish to see Article three passed. As the Party is the voice of the people, we have decided to support this measure. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 168 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 431 | ||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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