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Bill: Capital Punishment
Details
Submitted by[?]: Union of the Godless
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: May 2552
Description[?]:
| The ongoing use of capital punishment is a scar on the conscience of our nation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is applied to most minor and all major criminal offences.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:49:19, March 25, 2008 CET | From | Christian Royalist Party | To | Debating the Capital Punishment |
| Message | Mr. Speaker. We believe the current law is a bit harsh, but we would also oppose the law proposed. We believe that the death penalty should be used as a deterrent for the most heinous of crimes. Yield |
| Date | 14:32:54, March 26, 2008 CET | From | Union of the Godless | To | Debating the Capital Punishment |
| Message | To describe the current regime as a 'bit harsh' is surely an understatement. |
| Date | 17:29:25, March 26, 2008 CET | From | Liberal Alliance | To | Debating the Capital Punishment |
| Message | I am not amused... |
| Date | 22:32:08, March 28, 2008 CET | From | Covenanters (IA) | To | Debating the Capital Punishment |
| Message | Witch-finder General Matthew Hopkins, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, has stated that Puritans will not be prosecuted for witch burnings, as witches are not considered to be human beings. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 94 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 81 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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