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Bill: Legal Aid Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Conservative Conference
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: October 2350
Description[?]:
| The Justice Ministry urges the senate to review its policy on defendant funding. We feel very strongly about paying for Pedophiles etc. to have a defence. It is just another way of creating a detterent for criminals. If they cannot pay they will be charged for that etc. Goblert Hashnoun Minister of Justice |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government provision of legal aid to the accused.
Old value:: Legal representation for defendants in criminal trials is 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 is never paid for by the state.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:10:11, January 26, 2007 CET | From | Noordelijk Bevrijding Front | To | Debating the Legal Aid Act |
| Message | The whole point is that we don't know whether these ACCUSED peadophiles are actually peadophiles. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 60 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 210 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 29 |
| Random fact: Unless otherwise stated, monarchs and their royal houses will be presumed to be owned by the player who introduced the bill appointing them to their position. |
| Random quote: "It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion." - Joseph Goebbels |