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Bill: Repeal Death Penalty
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian Communist Party
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: June 2036
Description[?]:
| The death penalty for any crime is barbaric. We propose that this cruel punishment is banned. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Current: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Proposed: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | Social Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Repeal Death Penalty |
| Message | Though the death penalty is extremely severe, its very severity serves to deter heinous crimes in Beluzia. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Repeal Death Penalty |
| Message | The death penalty should stay in place , to combat crime |
| Date | not recorded | From | People's Populist Party - Zogist Mafia | To | Debating the Repeal Death Penalty |
| Message | We support organ harvesting, experimentation and gladitorial combat for all criminals too wicked to enslave |
| Date | not recorded | From | Front for a Solidarian Country | To | Debating the Repeal Death Penalty |
| Message | Death penalty is a barbaric practice, not corresponding with the peaceful nature of Beluzian citizens. End death penalty now! |
| Date | not recorded | From | Social Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Repeal Death Penalty |
| Message | This is extraordinarily extreme legislation! At the very least the death penalty ought to be applied for heinous crimes such as murder and treason. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Libertarian Communist Party | To | Debating the Repeal Death Penalty |
| Message | The focus should be on rehabilitation. Mental illness plays a part in many (some would argue all) murder cases- and it is more humane to try and find the source of the problem and combat it, rather than eliminating the problem with a bullet or lethal injection. If rehabilitation into the community isn't possible, life imprisonment is sufficient. Revenge should *never* be an excuse for punishment. We'd also like to hear your definition of treason and in what cases the death penalty applies to it. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Social Libertarian Party | To | Debating the Repeal Death Penalty |
| Message | The death penalty is not revenge, but rather a means of deterrence. While life imprisonment is also very severe, it does not ring as true with the populace as capital punishment. Though rehabilitation would be the best alternative in an ideal world, the fact is that it is often ineffective and more expensive than simple internment. Because our funds are limited, we are required to put criminals that commit premeditated acts of murder or other such heinous crimes to death. Naturally we do not wish to do this with the mentally infirm, who -can- be rehabilitated with much less cost to the state in many cases, but to those whose sanity can be established. As for the crime of treason, it would only be applicable if there were written evidence of it and/or the corroboration of treasonous acts by multiple respectable persons; if the act committed clearly was done for the interests of another state; and if any harm to Beluzia was meant to result from this act. The death penalty would need to be decided upon in each individual case, as its use would be merely an option in treason and murder and other such cases. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 43 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 42 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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