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Bill: Lex Tiburtia de Mortis Poena
Details
Submitted by[?]: Factio Republicana Socialistica
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: November 4455
Description[?]:
| Tiburtian Law on the Death Penalty Senators, It is well known that capital punishment disproportionately targets the poor, the marginalized, those who have fallen through the cracks of society, and for whom the death penalty does not and cannot serve as a deterrent. Our experience with this type of punishment shows that its power to deter crime is minimal, that it costs local governments more resources per death row inmate than life in prison, and that there are alternatives to this extreme form of punishment. Until now our thinking on crime and punishment has been marked by the liberal "just desserts" theory, according to which a criminal offender is one who violates the rights of an innocent and as a result must be punished because they deserve it. This theory does not take into account the consequences of punishment for both the criminal and for the wider society. Instead we believe that punishment should not be seen as something brought against offenders, but rather something that we impose on ourselves and our fellow citizens as both authors and subjects to the laws we create as citizens. Criminal law in Republican theory is concerned with public wrongs, that is wrongs that violate the Republic's civic life and the values on which it is based. Under these circumstances the right question to ask is not "what punishments do offenders deserve?", but rather "what punishments shall we impose on ourselves, and to what end?". I believe we will find that the answer to that question does not include the death penalty. It is thus time to move beyond our individualistic liberal experiment with capital punishment, and abolish the death penalty and public executions throughout the Republic. Instead we should place more emphasis on the restorative and victim-centered aspects of our criminal law and ensure that our laws are laws made by citizens for themselves and that punishments are those that the citizens freely choose for themselves. Cyprianus Tiburtius Numitor Princeps Senatus |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: Local governments may choose whether or not to administer the death penalty for capital crimes
Current: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Proposed: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Public executions (if death penalty is legal).
Old value:: Local government decide the legality of public executions.
Current: Executions may be carried out in public and/or be broadcast on television.
Proposed: Executions are always carried out in private; only necessary personnel are allowed to be present, which might include spiritual advisers.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 02:41:11, September 16, 2018 CET | From | Clara Aurora - COSIRA | To | Debating the Lex Tiburtia de Mortis Poena |
| Message | In Marea-Civis Sinistram wholeheartedly support this proposal, and celebrates the arrival of new times for Selucia. Helios Sigilis Orator of IMCS |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 750 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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