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Bill: Justice Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Agudat National 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: June 3263
Description[?]:
| Several laws pertaining to the justice system must be changed |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The legality of dueling.
Old value:: Dueling is legal and regulated.
Current: Dueling is legal and unregulated.
Proposed: Dueling is illegal.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government provision of legal aid to the accused.
Old value:: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state.
Current: Legal representation is never paid for by the state.
Proposed: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:34:02, February 22, 2012 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | By what right do you decide that not all are due equal legal defense? By what right do you make prisoners into slaves? By what right do you deny the right of persons to defend their honor? |
| Date | 02:01:39, February 22, 2012 CET | From | Agudat National Party | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | Are you saying the rich can't defend themselves? Why must the rich get free lawyers? Why must this country pay for them. Also prison is not a place to get pampered and get paid for work, you go there to serve crimes committed. The Crown Party wishes for murderers to be paid for by the state? We live in a an advanced society dueling may be how the monarchists fight out their problems but in a modern society, we go to court! |
| Date | 04:07:56, February 22, 2012 CET | From | Positive Progression Party | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | Crown Party, you can rattle off a list of questions, but there are irrelevant. The duty of a nation is to protect its citizens. Low income people need to be protected by our government, just as much as rich, it is just that poor need more outside protection. Prisoners aren't to become 'slaves' but rather laborers to repay the harm they did to the nation and its citizens (who need to be protected). And dueling, that is killing. If a nation wants to protect its citizens, it must protect their life, regardless of whether they want it protected. Dueling reduces a person to either murder or suicide. Parties jostling for the votes of citizens cannot compromise the morality of a nation. |
| Date | 16:15:15, February 22, 2012 CET | From | Meritocratic Alliance | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | Dueling is primarily for those who have honor and station in life, we do not expect the slack-jawed plebs of the Moral party to understand this. |
| Date | 16:35:48, February 22, 2012 CET | From | Agudat National Party | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act |
| Message | Those who have honour would go to court! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 4 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 47 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 24 |
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