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Bill: Illegalising the Death Penalty.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Darnussia
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: May 2600
Description[?]:
| Execution is Murder! |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Current: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Proposed: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 18:17:45, June 30, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Illegalising the Death Penalty. |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Why is it OK for the state to kill people who kill people to show that killing people is wrong? |
| Date | 21:46:49, June 30, 2008 CET | From | Loyalistische Partei | To | Debating the Illegalising the Death Penalty. |
| Message | Why is it OK to kill people in war? Because sometimes by doing wrong you achieve greater good. Capital punishment shall be fully returned soon. |
| Date | 05:41:18, July 01, 2008 CET | From | Dariusian Separatists | To | Debating the Illegalising the Death Penalty. |
| Message | We support the SDPD entirely on this. |
| Date | 13:41:30, July 01, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Illegalising the Death Penalty. |
| Message | Mr Speaker, Why do the IUP support capital punishment (murder) but dissagree with euthenasia (taking somebody out of their suffering)? |
| Date | 13:42:06, July 01, 2008 CET | From | Communist Party of Darnussia | To | Debating the Illegalising the Death Penalty. |
| Message | Oh, and it isn't OK to kill people in war. Wars are not OK. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 106 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 145 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 50 |
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| Random quote: "To punish the oppressors of humanity is clemency; to forgive them is barbarity." - Maximilien Robespierre |