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Bill: Capital Punishment Act
Details
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: September 3048
Description[?]:
| Capital punishment isn't necessary in this day and age. The worst offenders can be sent to prison, and efforts be made to rehabilitate them. The death penalty doesn't act as a deterrent, but rather contributes to a culture where the value of life is respected less. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: Local governments may choose whether or not to administer the death penalty for capital crimes
Current: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Proposed: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 06:52:19, December 20, 2010 CET | From | Bürgerlichen Soziale Union | To | Debating the Capital Punishment Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, The death penalty law should remain as is. It gives the 'state' more power as has been discussed, and what apparently your government is aiming for. Giving the state more power. We suggest to leave this law alone, as we are not keen on it. While capital crimes such as murder can only be treated with murder, what good will it give to put someone into jail for 15-50 years? No time will replenish a lost one to a family, while the least satisfaction they may have is knowing that their loved one's killer is in hell! |
| Date | 06:54:32, December 20, 2010 CET | From | . | To | Debating the Capital Punishment Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, We deeply sympathise with the feelings of anger and despair which the loved ones of those who have been murdered may be experiencing, but we are not convincing the answer to that pain is to execute the murderer. |
| Date | 20:32:55, December 20, 2010 CET | From | Bürgerlichen Soziale Union | To | Debating the Capital Punishment Act |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Yes, but that does not matter! How fair it is that one must die, and the murder gets to live..! We respect your idea of religion and Catholicism , most of our parties members prefer traditional Christian values which ask to forgive, but religion is one thing, running a nation with justice is another. A big no to this bill yet again! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 153 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 347 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: In general, role-play requires the consent of all players. |
| Random quote: "The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has." - Confucius |