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Bill: Legal aid proposal
Details
Submitted by[?]: Socialist Freedom 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: January 2096
Description[?]:
Legal aid should be free only for those that can't afford it. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government provision of legal aid to the accused.
Old value:: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state.
Current: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Proposed: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 17:52:29, August 13, 2005 CET | From | Maroon Party | To | Debating the Legal aid proposal |
Message | No. If the state wants to prosecute someone, then they should have to prove their case. Law is very different from education or healthcare, where "those who can afford it should afford it" because law is fundamentally defensive--a defendant in a criminal trial only seeks to defend what is already his, not acquire something else (a better education or good healthcare) that he does not already have. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||||||
yes | Total Seats: 15 | ||||||||
no |
Total Seats: 83 | ||||||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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