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Bill: Torture bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Republican 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: August 4013
Description[?]:
| To make torture ok if a credible threat of information is found. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: Torture is never allowed.
Current: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Proposed: Suspects can only be tortured under grave emergencies where the information is vital.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:43:00, April 12, 2016 CET | From |  Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Torture bill |
| Message | "The Libertarian Party opposes all forms of torture, as it is an inefficient way of gathering information, it is immoral, and it makes our enemies hate us more. If you support torture, you are a savage thinker from the past. We pride ourselves with being modern and rational thinkers." |
| Date | 03:26:24, April 13, 2016 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the Torture bill |
| Message | Sometimes some tactics needed to be used for the worst of the criminals. |
| Date | 05:46:50, April 13, 2016 CET | From | Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Torture bill |
| Message | 1. It doesn't work 2. It is against our country's values 3. It's a slippery slope to an Orwellian Police State If one of those three points we just made is true, we will vote no. All three of our points is true, though, and that means we will definitely vote no. |
| Date | 07:04:02, April 13, 2016 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the Torture bill |
| Message | It was effective on the War on Terror in the early 2000s and led to the killing of Obsama Bin Laden |
| Date | 20:50:06, April 13, 2016 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the Torture bill |
| Message | It works like said above. It's not a police state as its enhanced interrogation instead of torture for the worst of terrorist with vital secrets. We promote the right to bear arms to prevent a police state |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 330 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 420 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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