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Bill: Capital Punishment Abolition
Details
Submitted by[?]: Vigs Partija ('Whigs')
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: November 3311
Description[?]:
| It is unethical to have state sanctioned execution |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Current: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Proposed: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:18:28, May 30, 2012 CET | From | Progressive Green Party | To | Debating the Capital Punishment Abolition |
| Message | We agree that the death penalty is highly immoral, but it might be acceptable in the extreme case that imprisoning a murderer who's particularly dangerous would threaten more innocent lives. Therefore we abstain. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 137 | |
| no | Total Seats: 0 | |
| abstain |
Total Seats: 114 |
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