Northeast Propositions for the month of November

[MAS117]

Death Penalty Reform Bill
1. The death penalty is abolished within the bounds of the Northeast Region for all crimes excepting first-degree murder.
2. The death penalty shall only be applied in cases tried by the highest court in the Northeast Region, and no others.
3. The death penalty shall not be applied in murder cases without substantial DNA evidence.
4. All persons currently sentenced to death for crimes other than first-degree murder or for first-degree murders without DNA evidence shall have their sentences commuted to life in prison without parole.
5. All non-first degree murder crimes currently carrying a maximum penalty of death shall have a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole instead.

X Verily

(I’m assuming that war crimes and treason would be tried at the federal level and are thus out of the jurisdiction of the Northeast. Is this correct?)


And X Verily on the metric system bill.

I will look into the different crimes which I believe warrant the death penalty. First degree murder is one of them. As per treason and such I would check with the Attorney General.

[MAS117]

Death Penalty Reform Bill
1. The death penalty is abolished within the bounds of the Northeast Region for all crimes excepting first-degree murder.
2. The death penalty shall only be applied in cases tried by the highest court in the Northeast Region, and no others.
3. The death penalty shall not be applied in murder cases without substantial DNA evidence.
4. All persons currently sentenced to death for crimes other than first-degree murder or for first-degree murders without DNA evidence shall have their sentences commuted to life in prison without parole.
5. All non-first degree murder crimes currently carrying a maximum penalty of death shall have a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole instead.

X Verily

(I’m assuming that war crimes and treason would be tried at the federal level and are thus out of the jurisdiction of the Northeast. Is this correct?)


And X Verily on the metric system bill.

I urge you to revise this.

The highest court in the northeast is the CJO's court, and in that capacity you would have an appellate court, handing out something that in american jurisprudence (and which I think should be continued here) is undertaken at the trial level.

The only time a CJO would act as a trial court would be if a forum atlasian member "killed" another forum atlasia member.

You may wish to revise, saying any death sentence gets an automatic review, if so chosen by the condemned, by the CJO.

Changed to the highest court in the state in which the case is tried. (Presumably, state Supreme Courts have survived into Atlasia.)

There are no state courts in Atlasia. There are regional courts and the Supreme Court of Atlasia.

[MAS117]

Until we've reached some sort of resolution regarding the issue of lower courts, I will withdraw the Death Penalty Reform Bill and ask that Gov. MAS put a moratorium on all executions in the Northeast until legislation can be considered in regards to them.

I will consider the Senator's suggestion in light of his withdrawal of the piece of legislation.  Verily, I urge you to work with Bullmoose on this issue, I think together you guys can hammer out a good bill to present to the people of the Northeast.

I also hope you will consider my statements in my office thread concerning the other pieces of legislation.

[MAS117]

The death penalty bill, for now, has been withdrawn.

Or so I thought

I don't think it's been withdrawn from Verily. I was looking the thread over and I couldn't see anywhere that stated he'd be withdrawing it. Though he did say, he'd work on the Death Penalty Reform Bill on November 7.

I thought it was withdrawn as well. Please verify this with Verily before you move to a ballot Rock, thanks.

[MAS117]

Mr. Moderate,

Time is up for November props. You will have to reintroduce those in December. Sorry, the Lt. Governor closed the ballot for props earlier today.

[MAS117]

Ah, my bad.  Just noticed that.

Consider these on hold for December, then.

Will do but please repost then come December. Thanks!