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Bill: Abolition of the Death Penalty
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive Conservatives
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: January 2124
Description[?]:
| This bill seeks to abolish the practice of death penalty, as this form of punishment is against reason, nature, and society. |
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 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 | 03:25:39, October 10, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Liberal Party | To | Debating the Abolition of the Death Penalty |
| Message | We've supported this before, we'll support it again. |
| Date | 11:09:54, October 10, 2005 CET | From |  Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the Abolition of the Death Penalty |
| Message | His Grace thinks some of Aldegar's political leaders know absolutely nothing about peasant management. What about crime? And what about over-population? Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary to the Grand Duke of Hikirena and President of Aldegar) |
| Date | 15:31:44, October 10, 2005 CET | From | Fenner Brockway Socialist Party | To | Debating the Abolition of the Death Penalty |
| Message | An excellent bill and one we've proposed twice before ourselves. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 132 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 158 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 31 |
| Random fact: The players in a nation have a collective responsibility to ensure their "Bills under debate" section is kept in good order. Bills which are irrelevant or have become irrelevant should be deleted. Deletion can be requested for bills proposed by inactive parties on the Bill Clearout Requests thread: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4363 |
| Random quote: "All this concern with the effects of global warming is another manifestation of being politically correct." - David Young |