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Bill: Justice Reform Act, 3957
Details
Submitted by[?]: Crossbow-Akhali Ts’iskris
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: March 3958
Description[?]:
| The Ministry of Justice propose reforms to our Justice system. |
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.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Legality of judicial physical punishment
Old value:: All forms of physical punishment are illegal.
Current: All forms of physical punishment are illegal.
Proposed: Judicial corporal punishment (eg. caning or flogging) is legal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Police searches.
Old value:: The police cannot search a person or their property without their consent unless the police have obtained a warrant from a court.
Current: The police cannot search a person or their property without their consent unless the police have obtained a warrant from a court or have reasonable grounds to suspect that a crime was committed.
Proposed: The police can search a person or their property without restrictions.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Voting rights of criminals.
Old value:: Criminals released from jail are allowed to vote.
Current: Criminals are always allowed to vote, regardless of whether they are in jail or not.
Proposed: Criminals released from jail are not allowed to vote.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers may only carry non-lethal weapons.
Current: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 13:12:35, December 25, 2015 CET | From | Utopia | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act, 3957 |
| Message | I´m worried about Article 2. |
| Date | 14:39:56, December 25, 2015 CET | From | Crossbow-Akhali Ts’iskris | To | Debating the Justice Reform Act, 3957 |
| Message | Our coalition partners have clearly never had dealings with the barbaric criminal youth which roam our streets! A good flogging should sort them out! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 156 | ||
| no |
Total Seats: 250 | ||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 89 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "I think you should defend to the death their right to march, and then go down and meet them with baseball bats." - Woody Allen, on the Ku Klux Klan |