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Bill: Abolition of Torture
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberty 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: October 2174
Description[?]:
| Torture is bad policy on practical grounds (it doesn't work). Torture is bad policy on human rights grounds (torturing innocent people is always wrong, and the State actually doesn't know whether a person is guilty or innocent, however strongly it protests otherwise). |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Current: Torture is never allowed.
Proposed: Torture is never allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
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| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 119 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 284 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 152 |
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