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Bill: Capital Punishment Bill
Details
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 2036
Description[?]:
| Act to outlaw capital punishment along the lines that it is not a deterrant and rather an inhumane punishment. The burden of proof, however high, cannot justify another death. |
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:
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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 | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Capital Punishment Bill |
| Message | Leave the option open. I am almost always opposed to capital punishment, but there are cases where it is just the only option. consider me as close to supporting this as possible, without actually supporting it. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Capital Punishment Bill |
| Message | The Death Penalty is a radical extreme, but in some cases it is the only punishment fitting of the crimes. We will not vote for taking it down. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Capital Punishment Bill |
| Message | Sandra Desjardines: No justice system is perfect, not even our own. Which means that if the death penalty is applied, innocent men will die. If an innocent man dies because of our need for retribution, then we cannot call ourselves a civilised nation. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Capital Punishment Bill |
| Message | But if we let mass murderers, terrroists, and men who commit GENOCIDE free, is that justice? If we let them free, we cannot call ourselves civilised. After all, it takes DECADES before a person is usually killed. We believe that is more than enugh time to see if that person is truly guilty or not. |
| Date | not recorded | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Capital Punishment Bill |
| Message | the NDLP brings up a good point. it was a good enough point to sway me the extra inch and a half needed to swing my vote. not that it affects the outcome, but it's the principle of the thing that matters |
| Date | not recorded | From | National Forwardist Party | To | Debating the Capital Punishment Bill |
| Message | oh and TIP: not executing them is not the same as letting them walk free. Life imprisonment is good enough for me. I don't like exacting revenge, because that makes me no better than them. The purpose of the penal system is to ensure that they do not do it again. Life imprisonment accomplishes that |
| Date | not recorded | From | Social Calvinist Unionist Party | To | Debating the Capital Punishment Bill |
| Message | Do you seriously think that they will stop plotting when they are in jail? You surprise me with your ignorance. If some terrorist-leader is thrown in jail, he will be broken out. As long as they live, they will plot. As long as they plot, we will not be safe. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 26 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 14 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Voters have an extra appreciation for bills that actually get passed, so if you want to maximally take profit from your votes, make sure you compromise with others. |
| Random quote: "Freedom is not America's gift to the world. It is God's gift to humanity. " - George W. Bush |