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Bill: Death Penalty Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Populist Party
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: March 2717
Description[?]:
| Certain crimes should be punishable by death. Hate crimes, treason, and crimes against humanity are included. There is no reason the taxpayers should have to pay for these men and women to live. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Current: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Proposed: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:45:41, February 24, 2009 CET | From | Modern Revolutionary Socialist Party | To | Debating the Death Penalty Act |
| Message | We oppose this. How do you show murder is wrong by killing someone? |
| Date | 18:12:34, February 24, 2009 CET | From | Christian National Socialist Movement | To | Debating the Death Penalty Act |
| Message | NO! He who killeth by the sword will surely die by the sword. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 196 | ||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 515 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 39 |
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