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Bill: Abolishment of Capital Punishment
Details
Submitted by[?]: Party Royale
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: December 2402
Description[?]:
| It is impossible to know for certain the guilt or innocence of any person. To have even one innocent person executed is too many. The death penalty should be abolished as a barbaric practice, unfit for a civilized society like ours. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:44:11, May 10, 2007 CET | From |  Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Abolishment of Capital Punishment |
| Message | The MLP support capital punishment for capital crimes. We would oppose this bill. |
| Date | 16:36:14, May 10, 2007 CET | From | People's Socialist Front of Aloria | To | Debating the Abolishment of Capital Punishment |
| Message | We would be opposed to this too. |
| Date | 03:38:29, May 11, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Abolishment of Capital Punishment |
| Message | Capital punishment is a great deterrent and a great way to get rid of the scum of society who will just be a burden on our jail system anyhow. If someone kills they get it right back at 'em. |
| Date | 04:15:07, May 11, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Abolishment of Capital Punishment |
| Message | I would dispute the deterrent hypothesis, however, first-degree (premeditated) murderers who have been proved guilty beyond a responsible doubt in court, should be subject to execution if the prosecution and course deem it so. The threat of a future parole of a murderer who gets out only to kill again is a government let down of protection of the people from violent crime. The MLP support capital punishment in a limited, very specific amount but do not support this unnecessary bill. Many of you newer parties don't remember a recent time when capital punishment for the most heinous of crimes was prohibited. Crime was up and justice was hardly done. Plus, society had the burden of paying to house, feed and medically treat life without parole murderers, which is a slap in the face to law-abiding citizens in our fine nation. |
| Date | 23:46:19, May 11, 2007 CET | From | Federalist Republicans | To | Debating the Abolishment of Capital Punishment |
| Message | Comrades, say no to Capital Punishment! |
| Date | 21:39:20, May 12, 2007 CET | From | Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Abolishment of Capital Punishment |
| Message | Yeah, say no UNTIL the Communist Party government encourages it for "subversives" and "threats to the state." |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 152 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 263 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 185 |
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