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Bill: Justice Amendment Bill [2262]
Details
Submitted by[?]: Liberal Party of Gishoto
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: June 2264
Description[?]:
| The Justice Amendment Bill of 2262 proposes: 1) The application of the death penalty in only extreme cases. The Liberal Party hold that the death penalty is an appalling recourse for a modern society and that it does nothing to lower crime rates. However, in the interests of consensual progress, the party proposes this article. 2) The downgrading of police firearms (except for specially trained forces). Violence begets violence. Heavy duty firearms are unnecessary for day-to-day police work. It is the belief of the Liberal Party that a police force with military grade weapons creates tension, not the calm that, ultimately, visible police presence hopes to achieve. |
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 weapons used by police forces.
Old value:: Police officers carry military-grade equipment.
Current: Police officers carry standard firearms.
Proposed: Police officers may only carry standard firearms apart from specially trained firearms units.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 15:45:08, July 30, 2006 CET | From |  National Progress Party | To | Debating the Justice Amendment Bill [2262] |
| Message | The NPP can support this bill |
| Date | 15:47:17, July 30, 2006 CET | From | Liberal Party of Gishoto | To | Debating the Justice Amendment Bill [2262] |
| Message | Your support is welcome. The Liberal Party hopes to effect change through consensus. |
| Date | 21:26:32, July 30, 2006 CET | From | Communist Party of Gishoto | To | Debating the Justice Amendment Bill [2262] |
| Message | no |
| Date | 03:32:13, August 04, 2006 CET | From | Intellectual Revolution Party | To | Debating the Justice Amendment Bill [2262] |
| Message | The IRP sympathizes with this bill, and we realize you're trying to bring slow and progressive change to Gishoto. Unfortunately Communism is not one of the types of government where slow change works. If we're going to undo Communism we have to do it all at once, and right now we see no reason to do that. Communism seems to be working. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 446 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: Did you know you can change the official name of your nation? All you need to do is draw up a new name that is in accordance with the Nation Renaming Guide, pass a bill proposing the name change with a two-thirds majority and then post a request to Moderation on the "Renaming Requests" thread. You can change city and region names in this way too. |
| Random quote: " A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw |