Criminal Code Act Amendment (June 2020)

[New Rogernomics]

Criminal Code Act Amendment (June 2020)

Proposed by: @"New Rogernomics"

Preamble

In order to facilitate the assembly to have the ability to pass sentencing guidelines with sway on sentences in criminal cases.

Section 1. Amendment of the Criminal Code Act

(1) Section 13 shall be amended to read:

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Section 13. Guilt and Sentencing

(1) No person may be found guilty of a crime not listed in this act.

(2) If found guilty of a crime, the Delegate may impose upon the person any punishment proportionate to the offence.

(3) Guilt and sentencing guidelines may be further defined in law by a two thirds vote of the assembly.

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[Domais]

Full support.

[New Rogernomics]

I motion this to vote.

[Debussy]

I second.

[McChimp]

We should not legislate for what is supposed to be "recommendations".

Either the Assembly should be able to legislate on maximum and minimum sentences or it should be left at the discretion of the court entirely. I favour the latter.

[New Rogernomics]

You've made your point clear which is to deliberately ignore what sentencing guidelines means, and confuse what is easily found on a google search.

Sentencing guidelines are the standards for determining the punishment that a person convicted of a crime should receive, based on the nature of the crime and the offender's criminal history. ... The sentencing guidelines are laid down by the United States Sentencing Commission.

I am withdrawing the motion to get legal advice on amending the criminal code. Sentencing guidelines will be in the re-written code proposal.

[McChimp]

Our laws cannot depend on google searches. If you do not intend something to be legally binding, write that in the law. Don't expect people to google whether things that go by the same name are legally binding in places that are not Lazarus.

[New Rogernomics]

Dear McChimp,

Sentencing guidelines is a common a legal term, and has been used in every court since probably the year dot, so asking one to google search it is a reasonable response if you want to learn more.

You have said you would vote against any amendment to the criminal code, and any introduction of sentencing guidelines.

So this gives me no option to publicly oppose you on this matter. You have made clear you find my presence offensive.

Best of luck in your future endeavors.

I won't contact you in the future, unless in an official capacity, and with standardized replies.

Sincerely,
New Rogernomics