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Bill: Independent manifesto #2: Law and Order
Details
Submitted by[?]: D'ANSELMO-Independent
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 2875
Description[?]:
| At a conference Jake Gilling today presented the D'ANSELMO-Independent positions on justice. " We hope minister Hayes isn't too busy speculating about a seat in the Supreme Court to hear our ideas" |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Curfew policy (curfew time to be determined in the bill description).
Old value:: The national government may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Current: The national government may impose curfews, but only if a state of emergency has been declared.
Proposed: No curfew policies may be established.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's position towards the use of forensic DNA databases.
Old value:: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Current: Only DNA from persons convicted of crime is recorded.
Proposed: DNA from persons accused or convicted for a crime is recorded.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The terms of extradition.
Old value:: Extradition to nations with capital punishment or with cruel or inhumane treatment of suspects and convicts is not allowed.
Current: The law does not limit the power of the government to pursue extradition treaties.
Proposed: Extradition to nations with capital punishment is not allowed, unless there are assurances that the death penalty will not be imposed.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Tort reform on non-civil lawsuits.
Old value:: There is no cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Current: There is no cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Proposed: There is a cap on monetary damages awarded to patients in lawsuits.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:47:51, January 05, 2010 CET | From | Kirlawan Unionist Party | To | Debating the Independent manifesto #2: Law and Order |
| Message | No, we wish the government to reserve the right to improse curfews during states of emergency. Only the guilty should have their DNA kept, and we refuse to send people to torture. |
| Date | 22:36:00, January 05, 2010 CET | From | Barletonian Party | To | Debating the Independent manifesto #2: Law and Order |
| Message | As Minister of Justice to President Seaborn, our department endorses Article 1 and Article 4 of this proposal. Whether the President's emergency power should include the ability to execute a curfew is uncharted legal territory, and until the Supreme Court rules on its constitutionality, the Assembly should be empowered to make this decision as representatives of the Kirlawan people. Tort reform is also an issue of national importance that should be up for debate; our administration believes that caps should be allowed on penalties but not on medical or pain/suffering. The bill would have to clarify the cap for our administration's support. The President and I are very opposed to Acts 2 and 3 of this bill. Extradition shall only be imposed when we are assured that the death penalty and torture are not to be implemented, and the government should not permit an illegal invasion of privacy of an innocent individual. We hope that those articles are stripped from the final bill. Thank you. Sincerely, Ainsley Hayes Department of Justice, Minister |
| Date | 16:52:23, January 06, 2010 CET | From | D'ANSELMO-Independent | To | Debating the Independent manifesto #2: Law and Order |
| Message | We are not saying that people ought to be sent to torture or death in a distant country. But offenders who won't risk capital punishment and who will end up in a civilized justice system, can't be allowed to get off the hook because his native nation inflicts capital punishment on others. Jake Gilling, Justice spokesman for D4ANSELMO-Independent |
| Date | 18:32:27, January 06, 2010 CET | From | Kirlawan Unionist Party | To | Debating the Independent manifesto #2: Law and Order |
| Message | They aren't getting off the hook, they are being punished in a humane way in this country. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 717 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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