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Bill: Death Penalty Act, 2172
Details
Submitted by[?]: Totalitarian 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: February 2173
Description[?]:
Presently, our nation does not use death as a punishment for any crime. The Totalitarian Party feels death can be a powerful deterrent to criminals. Therefore, we propose the death penalty be brought back for serious crimes such as murder, smuggling large quantities of illegal drugs, treason and any form of terrorism. |
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 applied for capital crimes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
Date | 14:14:15, January 16, 2006 CET | From | Traxian Imperial Party | To | Debating the Death Penalty Act, 2172 |
Message | plus the SP can now be killed. |
Date | 00:19:41, January 17, 2006 CET | From | Nationalist Party of Gaduridos | To | Debating the Death Penalty Act, 2172 |
Message | OOC: Mawuahahahaha |
Date | 01:56:23, January 17, 2006 CET | From | Post-Revolutionary Pragmatic Party | To | Debating the Death Penalty Act, 2172 |
Message | We disagree for ethical and pragmatical reasons. |
Date | 05:20:26, January 17, 2006 CET | From | Totalitarian Party | To | Debating the Death Penalty Act, 2172 |
Message | Can you list your pragmatic reasons? The Totalitarian Party feels the death penalty is much more efficient than life sentences. It helps remove excess prisoners from jails, and saves our nation a fortune. Keeping prisoners alive for decades can be expensive. |
Date | 15:56:26, January 17, 2006 CET | From | Post-Revolutionary Pragmatic Party | To | Debating the Death Penalty Act, 2172 |
Message | For sure. (1) We can use able-bodied prisoners for cheap labour. (2) Exhausting all judicial processes is an expensive matter. (3) The death penalty has no measurable impact on crime. (4) If a prisoner is alive, he is still able to give out information: be it the identity of other criminals, evidence in other crimes that are uncovered after he has been jailed. Not so when he is dead. (5) The possibility exists that a prisoner will produce works of a certain cultural or monetary value while in jail. If he writes a best-seller, for instance, the state can claim a nice large percentage on sales. |
Date | 16:50:04, January 17, 2006 CET | From | Traxian Imperial Party | To | Debating the Death Penalty Act, 2172 |
Message | Actually the PRPP has swayed us. Good on 'em :) |
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Voting
Vote | Seats | |||||
yes | Total Seats: 38 | |||||
no |
Total Seats: 338 | |||||
abstain |
Total Seats: 65 |
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