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Bill: Mordusian Justice Reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federal Republican Party (UCF)
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: February 2621
Description[?]:
| Appeals on most non-violent cases waste a tremendous amount of time and are useless. We propose to limit appeals only to extremly grave cases. This contains a clause citing that this will only be enacted at the national, not the state level. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to appeal against a judgement rendered by a court.
Old value:: Every person has the right to appeal against a judgement and to have it reviewed by a higher court.
Current: Every person has the right to appeal against a judgement and to have it reviewed by a higher court.
Proposed: Judgements may only be appealed against for grave procedural errors.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:42:00, August 11, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Mordusian Justice Reform |
| Message | This is absurd. Should this pass, a very spiteful judge could send someone to prison on a whim, and that person would have no recourse. This would also destroy our entire justice system. |
| Date | 17:19:26, August 11, 2008 CET | From | Federal Republican Party (UCF) | To | Debating the Mordusian Justice Reform |
| Message | We can assure the Union Party that trials shall remain as thourough as before. |
| Date | 04:04:23, August 12, 2008 CET | From | Patriciate Imperial League (UCF) | To | Debating the Mordusian Justice Reform |
| Message | We do not trust the assurances of the FRP. We will not support. |
| Date | 21:43:57, August 12, 2008 CET | From | Union Party | To | Debating the Mordusian Justice Reform |
| Message | We also feel that not all trials "before" were acceptable, hence, the need for appeals. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 84 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 71 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 40 |
| Random fact: When elections in a country are held, all bills in the voting phase are reset to the debate phase. |
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