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Bill: Death Penalty Repeal Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM)
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: August 2905
Description[?]:
| This Act will repeal the introduction of the death penalty. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:30:41, March 07, 2010 CET |
From |  Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Death Penalty Repeal Act | | Message | Madam Speaker, why do the CLP propose this Bill? Justice needs to be hard and feared and having the Death Penalty will decrease serious crime in the long run. |
| Date | 21:01:20, March 07, 2010 CET |
From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Death Penalty Repeal Act | | Message | Madam Speaker, we propose this bill because the state should actively discourage murder and promote the right to life. It is extremely difficult to do this when summarily executing its citizens. Furthermore, Madam Speaker, a lifetime spent in prison is a much more severe deterrent than ending somebody's life. That is the easy route out, Madam Speaker. The taking away of one's freedom is something far worse. But most fundamentally, Madam Speaker, it is often difficult to determine absolute guilt. Madam Speaker, the death penalty will not decrease serious crime. |
| Date | 21:06:35, March 07, 2010 CET |
From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Death Penalty Repeal Act | | Message | Madam Speaker, it is well documented that once out of prison that an extrordinary amount of people will re-offend. Imagine the scene of finding out a relative has been murdered by a re-offending criminal when if the death penalty was in that person would still be alive? Perhaps David Craddock and the CLP could tell the victims family why their relative was victim of such a crime which could have been prevented. I think that whatever their answer Madam Speaker, the victims family would be disgusted by this group. |
| Date | 21:13:36, March 07, 2010 CET |
From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Death Penalty Repeal Act | | Message | Madam Speaker, under CLP proposals, those that had committed murder would be in prison for life. There would be no chance of them coming out of prison. So the picture painted by the HNP is an entirely false one. Unless the HNP are proposing that those guilty of crimes other than murder, such as petty theft are summarily killed, then the HNP need to stop this scare-mongering that is so typical of their politics. |
| Date | 21:18:18, March 07, 2010 CET |
From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Death Penalty Repeal Act | | Message | Madam Speaker, whilst the CLP can say we are scare-mongering the fact is that the Death Penalty was only introduced recently. The only frightening thing here is that the CLP oppose true justice for those who break the law! |
| Date | 21:24:21, March 07, 2010 CET |
From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Death Penalty Repeal Act | | Message | Madam Speaker, the scenario the HNP paint is that a murderer released could murder again. The CLP have guaranteed that murderers would have to spend the rest of their lives in prison. However, the HNP are concerned about prisoners that are released. Madam Speaker, what are the HNP trying to argue? That those guilty of lesser crimes should experience the death penalty? Or are they trying to deliberately misrepresent the position of the CLP? Madam Speaker, if murderers are locked up forever, how does their scenario stack up? |
| Date | 21:30:53, March 07, 2010 CET |
From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Death Penalty Repeal Act | | Message | Madam Speaker, clearly the CLP have accepted my previous point seeing as they dont try to come up with a smart-arse answer to get out of it. The CLP are more about political point scoring than actual issues. Their party is trying to return to the Cult-of-Personality vote instead of people voting for a party based on their policies |
| Date | 21:33:36, March 07, 2010 CET |
From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Death Penalty Repeal Act | | Message | Madam Speaker, first of all, I am sure that the reply of the HNP would not come within the realms of "parliamentary language". Madam Speaker, of course we are replying to their point, for what they are doing is scare-mongering. Madam Speaker, can the HNP explain how their scenario stacks up or not? |
| Date | 21:42:03, March 07, 2010 CET |
From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Death Penalty Repeal Act | | Message | Madam Speaker, the point of the HNP over its stance on the Death Penalty is that those who do not respect the sanctity of life and commit murder should not be entitled to their own life. It is a principal that the HNP will stand by! |
| Date | 22:14:59, March 07, 2010 CET |
From | Hutorian Conservative Party | To | Debating the Death Penalty Repeal Act | | Message | Madam Speaker, if the CLP were aware of what life in prison means they would know it is at least 25 years. Under the current system murderers could be out after 12/13 years with good behaviour. Is this the sort of society we want? fronted by the CLP. |
| Date | 09:39:44, March 08, 2010 CET |
From | Conservative-Libertarian Party (UM) | To | Debating the Death Penalty Repeal Act | | Message | Madam Speaker, the HNP again attempt to mislead the House and mislead the country. When we say life, we mean life, Madam Speaker, and this has always been our policy. There would be no circumstances under which murderes would be released. This was the situation before the death penalty was rashly introduced and it will be the same again. Madam Speaker, the HNP need to check their facts. |
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Seats |
| yes | Total Seats: 191 |
| no | Total Seats: 158 |
| abstain | Total Seats: 42 |
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