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Bill: National Judiciary Review Act - Simplifying the System
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! Party
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: September 2751
Description[?]:
In order to provide swift justice the following powers and procedures with bill enacted for our current judiciary: - Accepting that the Judges (henceforth referred to as Imperial Magistrates) are the enactors of law within this nation, and accepting the already high cost to the nation of criminal trials, judgements made by Imperial Magistrates cannot be appealed, unless there is a grave procedural error. In this way the Imperial Magistrate is the law allowing swift justice to be maintained. - In order to simplify the system of sentencing all crimes, barring some minor offences, will be given the same penalty; death. In this way there can be no confusion for the criminal and, in relation with article 1 of this act, the cost to the prison service will be drastically reduced allowing that budget to be transferred to the Police to safeguard the people of this nation. Executions will be shown on live television for all major offences so that the people may see justice being done. - In order that the correct judgement is made within a criminal investigation, and to guarantee that all people involved in such an investigation give up whatever information they possess freely, the Police will be given the right to extract information from those under investigation by any means they believe necessary in order to come to the truth. In this way we can guarantee that criminals are brought to justice. - In order to make the arriving at the correct judgements, and in order for all people both being tried and those watching proceedings to understand the judgements, there will be a single system of national law. These laws will be arrived at by discussion at local level and then agreed upon at national level. These laws will be enacted to the fullest extent. - In order to further simplify the system of trials, and reduce their costs, the sentence will be agreed and told to the nation and the criminal by the Imperial Magistrate at the beginning of the trial. Evidence will then be presented to show the criminals guilt. Should it be found that the accused is not guilty, this will assuage the need for a trial thusly reducing costs. |
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.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the administration of law.
Old value:: There are regional courts, but decisions of regional courts may be appealed to national courts (if the right to appeal exists).
Current: There are regional courts, but decisions of regional courts may be appealed to national courts (if the right to appeal exists).
Proposed: There is a uniform system of courts across the nation.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Torture is never allowed.
Current: Torture is never allowed.
Proposed: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 22:27:52, May 04, 2009 CET | From | Confederacy of Social Darwinists | To | Debating the National Judiciary Review Act - Simplifying the System |
Message | OOC: Voting against this bill in order to keep position. |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | ||||
yes |
Total Seats: 191 | ||||
no |
Total Seats: 140 | ||||
abstain | Total Seats: 69 |
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