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Bill: Fewer prisoners act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 2110
Description[?]:
| It shall be the law of Lodamun that no one may be sent to prison becasue of poverty or inability to pay a court-imposed fine. The government may, if a person is found guilty of a crime but is not able or willing to pay their fine, subtract money directly from the convict's paycheque, so long as this would not reduce the person to an income insufficient to support themselves and/or their family. Courts may also sentence a convicted criminal to do restitution in non-monetary form to the victim of their crime. The aim of this bill is to reduce the number of people in prisons, and thereby as a side effect to reduce the cost of the prison system. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 22:35:35, September 10, 2005 CET | From | Cooperative Commonwealth Federation | To | Debating the Fewer prisoners act |
| Message | ((this stems from discussion in the WASU re forced labour; it is not intended to replace the CNT bill on this subject but to supplement it.)) |
| Date | 23:09:36, September 10, 2005 CET | From |  National People's Gang | To | Debating the Fewer prisoners act |
| Message | Absolutely |
| Date | 23:30:29, September 10, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Fewer prisoners act |
| Message | Supported as well. |
| Date | 00:20:23, September 12, 2005 CET | From | Tuesday Is Coming | To | Debating the Fewer prisoners act |
| Message | One thing though...Repeat offenders If someone is ordered to pay a fine, but cannot due to the living expenses exemption...They must have some alternative punishment if they continue to commit the same crime. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 195 | |||||||
| no | Total Seats: 77 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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