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Bill: Legal Aid Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Communist Party of Aldegar
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: August 2200
Description[?]:
| aiding justice for the working classes. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government provision of legal aid to the accused.
Old value:: Legal representation is never paid for by the state.
Current: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Proposed: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is paid for by the state for defendants with low incomes.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:55:11, March 14, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Legal Aid Bill |
| Message | We believe that those who are on low incomes should have the same chance of justice as those who are affluent. |
| Date | 20:18:01, March 14, 2006 CET | From |  Ducal Delegation | To | Debating the Legal Aid Bill |
| Message | The tax-payer should not have to subsidise the legal costs of criminals. Those who genuinely need help can turn to legal aid charities. Percy Waterman (Personal Secretary the Grand Duke of Hikirena) |
| Date | 22:29:57, March 14, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Aldegar | To | Debating the Legal Aid Bill |
| Message | And what about innocent until proven guilty? |
| Date | 01:15:15, March 15, 2006 CET | From | Republican Party | To | Debating the Legal Aid Bill |
| Message | I'm not paying for the defense of a criminal. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 280 | |||
| no |
Total Seats: 221 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Real-life places should not be referenced in Particracy. |
| Random quote: "I got nothing against no Viet Cong. No Vietnamese ever called me a nigger." - Muhammad Ali, 1967, refusing to fight in Vietnam |