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Bill: The Justice Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Democratic Socialists
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: July 2040
Description[?]:
An Act to ensure that the state respects the rights of prisoners, and treats them with the respect they deserve as Human Beings. |
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.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Education in prisons.
Old value:: Prisoners are not given any form of education.
Current: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Proposed: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Prisoners are interned and do not work in prisons.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | not recorded | From | Totalitarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the The Justice Act |
Message | We would support this if prisoners worked during the day. |
Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the The Justice Act |
Message | Article 2 is a good idea. However, we are very strongly against Article 1. Our nation's murderers must not have the opportunity to repeat their crimes. Even in the case of a life sentence without parole, it is still theoretically possible for these barbarians to return to the streets of Baltusia. The death penalty assures that this will not happen. |
Date | not recorded | From | Totalitarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the The Justice Act |
Message | We agree with the Democratic party, but are willing to make a concession if mandatory work was established. Still, I dont see taxpayers being happy their money is going to feed rapists. |
Date | not recorded | From | Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the The Justice Act |
Message | We have no problem with ensuring prisoners work during the day. |
Date | not recorded | From | Totalitarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the The Justice Act |
Message | We support this bill. |
Date | not recorded | From | Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the The Justice Act |
Message | Citizens must know that if falsely accused there will be no risk of being put to death. As long as a person is alive, an error can be corrected - once they are dead, that can no longer occur. The state should not kill people. If we do that, we are no better than the killers we claim to hate. No country which has abolished the death penalty has seen a rise in violent crime - it does not work as a deterrent. Many would also say that is ends things too quickly; in prison for life, the guilty can reflect on what they did which ensured decades of incarceration. |
Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the The Justice Act |
Message | We are still leery of the abolition of the death penalty, but the addition of the prisoner work clause does tip this bill slightly more in our favor. |
Date | not recorded | From | Totalitarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the The Justice Act |
Message | False accusation has nothing to do with the method of punishment, and everything with the system under which they are accused. If innocent people are executed, maybe it is the system that needs to be examined, but not the punishment itself. |
Date | not recorded | From | Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the The Justice Act |
Message | Under normal circumstances it would solely need to be the system which was examined, but in the case of the death penalty, the effect of punishing an innocent person is too great to risk. |
Date | not recorded | From | Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the The Justice Act |
Message | National Socialists: You stated that you would support this with the addition of Article three. We very much regret your change of heart in this matter. |
Date | not recorded | From | Totalitarian Nationalist Party | To | Debating the The Justice Act |
Message | We have agreed to accept however request the matter of capital punishment to be debated further at a later date. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes |
Total Seats: 64 | ||||
no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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Random quote: "To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is barbarity." - Maximilien Robespierre |