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Bill: Use of Torture Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Luthori Christian Women's Association
Status[?]: passed
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 2418
Description[?]:
| Too many of our police forces are earning bad reputations for abusing their powers. Our police need to be trained professionals. Torture should only be used, if ever, in dire circumstances. Belinda Braithwaite (Leader of the LCWA) |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Current: Torture is never allowed.
Proposed: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:43:59, June 22, 2007 CET | From | Teleurstelling Party | To | Debating the Use of Torture Act |
| Message | This leaves the option for when an issue is time sensitive, this is acceptable. |
| Date | 15:19:36, June 22, 2007 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Use of Torture Act |
| Message | We will vote AYE as this is an improvement on the current policy. Anyone trained in tactical questioning or resitance to interrogation, however, will realise that torture has no practical value. Tortured suspects will tell their torturers whatever they want to hear, and sign false confessions in the hope of a swift death. |
| Date | 16:45:12, June 22, 2007 CET | From | Secular Party | To | Debating the Use of Torture Act |
| Message | We take the same position as the ABaCD. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 53 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 47 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In cases where a party has no seat, the default presumption should be that the party is able to contribute to debates in the legislature due to one of its members winning a seat at a by-election. However, players may collectively improvise arrangements of their own to provide a satisfying explanation for how parties with no seats in the legislature can speak and vote there. |
| Random quote: "Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart." - Confucius |