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Bill: Act on the Punishment of Global Criminals
Details
Submitted by[?]: Progressive 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: December 2140
Description[?]:
| These criminals are a threat to all the world, and have committed crimes to the point that rehabilitation is about impossible. Leaving them in prison gives the threat of escape or maybe even bail at times, and that simply should not be risked. I am not an advocate of "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" in all respects, but passing this Bill would be more along the lines of "an eye for a thousand eyes"- and that is the least we can do for justice. |
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 illegal and is never to be applied.
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 | 02:41:42, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Worker's Freedom Alliance | To | Debating the Act on the Punishment of Global Criminals |
| Message | This is a dangerous assault on civil liberies, miscarriages of justice are known to happen |
| Date | 04:19:45, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Party | To | Debating the Act on the Punishment of Global Criminals |
| Message | I realize miscarriages of justice are known to happen... However, we pour enough money into the justice department that I think investigations would be done adequatly. And the crimes that would allow for the death penalty aren't crimes that are exactly easy to frame someone for... The true question we must ask is this though: A slight bump down in the amount of civil liberties or the possibility of a large national threat not being held at bay? Both have slight chances of happening; but both are possible. What would you rather have - one man die due to a mis-investigation or thousands die due to a man not being punished adequatly after previous crimes? |
| Date | 05:08:53, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Roman Imperialist Party | To | Debating the Act on the Punishment of Global Criminals |
| Message | Agreed with the Progressive Party. |
| Date | 13:42:00, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Labor Party | To | Debating the Act on the Punishment of Global Criminals |
| Message | We oppose this change as its gives the power to mass murder any group of indiviuals that could be seen as a threat to our Nation and hence could easily be abused. If we start ordering firing squads to kill those who commit crimes then we become as guilty as them of murder. Also it is easy to frame people for crimes like these as usually the trials are biased. We have prisons that can be used for life sentences, no need to execute. |
| Date | 17:24:59, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Party | To | Debating the Act on the Punishment of Global Criminals |
| Message | Being seen as A threat to the country isn't treason or terrorism, or a crime against mandkind for that matter. Beeing seen as A threat to a country is no reason under this bill to execute something. However, once someone has already PROVED (and this would be the criminal proving it) - they are a large threat to this country - then there is no reason for them to be alive. |
| Date | 19:00:13, November 12, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Party | To | Debating the Act on the Punishment of Global Criminals |
| Message | Being seen as A threat to the country isn't treason or terrorism, or a crime against mandkind for that matter. Beeing seen as A threat to a country is no reason under this bill to execute something. However, once someone has already PROVED (and this would be the criminal proving it) - they are a large threat to this country - then there is no reason for them to be alive. |
| Date | 02:16:53, November 13, 2005 CET | From | People's Democratic Party | To | Debating the Act on the Punishment of Global Criminals |
| Message | Never never never... Completely against. We have no right to play God and choose who is to live and who is not. |
| Date | 16:55:39, November 13, 2005 CET | From | New Daio Party | To | Debating the Act on the Punishment of Global Criminals |
| Message | Expedite. Let another country deal with them. |
| Date | 22:02:14, November 13, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Party | To | Debating the Act on the Punishment of Global Criminals |
| Message | Giving the death penalty to bring justice is playing God as much as throwing the man in a prison all their life and taking away their sanity and right to pursue happiness. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 237 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 264 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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