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Bill: Equality before the Law
Details
Submitted by[?]: Rationalist 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 2110
Description[?]:
| In order to reduce the ability of those with means to buy aquittals and lesser sentences. |
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 for defendants with low incomes.
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.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:18:28, September 09, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Equality before the Law |
| Message | This makes no sense. All this law does, is provide lawyers for those that can't. And now you want it, so everyone regardless of how rich or poor, don't have to pay for lawyers? If your trying to say, that only the government hands out the lawyers, that way they're trusted, i'm sorry to say, thats not what this is. It's just a way of providing aid to those that cant afford lawyers nothing more. |
| Date | 21:36:56, September 09, 2005 CET | From | Telamon National Party | To | Debating the Equality before the Law |
| Message | Why should the victims who pay tax have to pay for the criminals to be defended? We will vote no. |
| Date | 21:38:35, September 09, 2005 CET | From | Rationalist Party | To | Debating the Equality before the Law |
| Message | Nope, I'm saying that you don't get those cases where people who can afford a six lawyers, twenty paralegals, and two psycologists don't get that massive advantage. There is no reason that money should influence the criminal system. Lawyers still won't be trustworthy :P And they can still get private practice in the many fields of civil law. |
| Date | 12:06:35, September 10, 2005 CET | From | United Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Equality before the Law |
| Message | I think not. The law is fine as it is, nsuring that everyone has access to a lawyer, this goes too far. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 37 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 181 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 37 |
| Random fact: Cabinet ministers who disagree seriously with the head of government would usually be expected to resign. Parties within the cabinet may attempt to manoeuvre to replace the head of government though, for example by proposing a new cabinet bill or voting for an early election. |
| Random quote: "The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant." - Maximilien Robespierre |