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NUM II AI SUBMITTER CHAMBER TITLE
6695 1 2.0 coppro Purple Sentencing Reform
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ID: 6695
Author: coppro
Title: Sentencing Reform
AI: 2.0
II: 1
Chamber: Purple
Amend Rule 1504 (Criminal Cases) to read as follows:
Criminal cases are a subclass of judicial cases. Any
first-class person can initiate a criminal case by an
announcement calling for judgement on the circumstances
surrounding a specified valid Notice of Violation alleging a
rules breach by a single entity (the Accused). The initiator
and each member of the Accused's basis are unqualified to be
assigned as judge of the case.
A criminal case has a judicial question on culpability, which is
applicable at all times following the call for judgement. The
valid judgements for this question are:
* GUILTY, appropriate if the judge finds, beyond a reasonable
doubt, that ALL of the following are true:
(a) the Accused breached the specified rule via the specified
act;
(b) the breach occurred within 90 days prior to the case being
initiated;
(c) judgement has not already been reached in another criminal
case, or punishment already applied through another
uncontested notice of violation, with the same Accused, the
same rule, and substantially the same alleged act;
(d) the Accused could not have reasonably believed that the
alleged act did not violate the specified rule;
(e) the Accused could have reasonably avoided committing the
breach without committing a different breach of equal or
greater severity.
* NOT GUILTY, appropriate if GUILTY is not appropriate. In
delivering this verdict, the judge SHOULD indicate which of
the sub-requirements for a finding of guilty were not found to
be true beyond a reasonable doubt.
When a judicial question on culpability is judged after a number
of Rests have been created in the Accused's possession due to
the associated notice, an equal number of Rests in the Accused's
possession are destroyed.
Enact a new power-2 rule entitled "Sentences" that reads as follows:
A criminal case has a judicial question on sentencing, which is
applicable if the question on culpability is applicable and has
a judgement of GUILTY. If a criminal case has an applicable
question on sentencing which has a judgement, the Accused is
hereafter known as the ninny, and the judgement in the question
on sentencing is known as the sentence.
If a sentence has been continuously assigned to a case for at
least one week, any player CAN cause it to take effect by
announcement; the effects of the various sentences are described
below. No appeal can be initiated regarding a criminal case if
its sentence has taken effect.
This rule defers to other rules that define the apporpriateness
of sentences.
The valid sentences are:
* DISCHARGE, appropriate only in extraordinary circumstances if
any available non-null punishment would be manifestly unjust.
Has no effect.
* APOLOGY with a set of up to ten prescribed words (the empty
set if none is explicitly specified), appropriate for rule
breaches of small consequence. When it takes effect, the ninny
SHALL as soon as possible publish a formal apology of at least
200 words, including all the prescribed words, explaining eir
error, shame, remorse, and ardent desire for self-improvement.
Failure to do so is a Class-3 Crime of Failure to Apologize.
* SILENCE with a positive number less than 15 (X), appropriate
for Crimes. X SHOULD be equal to the Class of the Crime. When
it takes effect, the ninny is awarded X Rests.
* COMMUNITY SERVICE with a set of up to five tasks (the
prescribed tasks) that the ninny CAN reasonably and legally
perform, appropriate for rule breaches of moderate consequence
if the severity of the rule breach is reasonably correlated
with the consequences of performing the tasks, and especially
if any other available non-null punishment would be either
unjust or insufficient. The balance between compensatory and
punitive service is left to the judge's discretion. When it
takes effect, the ninny SHALL perform the prescribed tasks. If
no time limit for the tasks is specified, they must be
completed in a timely manner. Failure to complete the tasks on
time is the Class-5 Crime of Individuality Disservice.
* TIME OUT with a number of days between 7 and 21, appropriate
for major breaches of Agoran trust. When the sentence comes
into effect, the ninny becomes inactive, and SHALL NOT become
active for the number of days specified. Becoming inactive
during this period is the Class-10 Crime of Leaving the Corner.
Players SHOULD NOT create rules defining Crimes of a Class
greater than 14.
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-coppro
