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Bill: Criminal Justice Reform Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Liberal Alliance
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 2065
Description[?]:
| We seek to reintroduce a humane and fair criminal justice system into Telamon, which extreme and totalitarian paties have sought to undermine. This bill protects citizens from abuses by the state, whilst ensuring that justice is carried out and that those responsible for crimes are punished for what they have done, in a manner proportionate to the crime that they have committed. |
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 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 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.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Prison policy concerning prisoner labor.
Old value:: Able-bodied prisoners have to work during the day.
Current: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Proposed: Prisoners can do certain jobs in prison, voluntarily, for a small wage.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 01:55:47, June 08, 2005 CET | From | Conservative Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Criminal Justice Reform Act |
| Message | No, No and No. See, we can be just as inane as you. =) |
| Date | 01:56:44, June 08, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Criminal Justice Reform Act |
| Message | no, listen cant you see the UCA stands for everything that is wrong, and yet you side with him on his cabinet? |
| Date | 13:12:59, June 08, 2005 CET | From | Telamon National Party | To | Debating the Criminal Justice Reform Act |
| Message | NO this is a terrible proposal. Does the UCA want more crime or something here? |
| Date | 10:05:32, June 09, 2005 CET | From | Telemon Lutheran Party | To | Debating the Criminal Justice Reform Act |
| Message | No, this is a stupid proposal, it is going to encourage more crime! |
| Date | 15:19:19, June 09, 2005 CET | From | People Party | To | Debating the Criminal Justice Reform Act |
| Message | Pay our prisoners?! Erm no. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes | Total Seats: 30 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 112 | |||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 9 |
| Random fact: Don't vote yes on a cabinet coalition that doesn't give you the power that you deserve. |
| Random quote: "Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity." - Albert Einstein |