Act of Congress Standardized Criminal Code Act

Lord_Donuticus · Dec 16, 2022

A
BILL
To

Establish a Criminal Code

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Standardized Criminal Code Act'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by: The_Donuticus
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by: VanillaChai79

2 - Reasons
Our criminal system has become woefully chaotic and burdened. This act would seek to establish a master Criminal Code by which all crimes can be sorted and made uniform. Furthermore other things, such as the Public Indecency Act or the Anti-Graffiti Act, are actually Rules so have no place being an Act of Congress. Even furthermore some acts just state ‘this is illegal’ but provide no basis for punishment. Evenmore furthermore many laws are redundant.

This Act will in no way be a comprehensive list at the time of its filling, it will form the basis on which a further system can be built.

3 - Repeals the follow acts:

4 - Legal Principles
(1) Civil Damages
(i) Civil Damages may apply to the victim when some crimes are committed. They must always be proven in court, with the amount in damages being based on court precedent and providing some form of justice to the victim.
(ii) Civil Damages are not presumed and may only apply where the victim has a perceivable loss. There are four elements for the court to consider when establishing the entitlement and magnitude awarded in Civil Damages: the existence of a wrong, reasonable foreseeability, failure to mitigate the impact on the victim, and the chain of causation.
(iii) A lawsuit for Civil Damages for a crime must be filed within two months of the perpetrator being found guilty of a crime.

(2) Criminal Jurisdiction (Original: 218218Consumer - Jan 11, 2021)
(i) The standard of proof for criminal cases is beyond reasonable doubt.
(ii) The Court shall have jurisdiction over all indictable offenses, alongside all DOC offenses, and all cases which result in summary offenses whereby an individual has a combined fine of over $2,000, or jail time of over 30 minutes is imposed.
(iii) Where there is a continued threat to player safety or enjoyment due to the commission of crime, the prosecuting authority can impose punishment prior to a trial.
(a) If this punishment is imposed prior to a trial, once found to be not guilty they shall be compensated $50 per minute spent in jail for offenses found unproven, alongside a reimbursement of any fine paid for unproven offences.
(iv) The Court may hear appeals pertaining to offenses prosecuted which fall outside the qualifying amounts stated above.
(v) The prosecuting authority must be represented by a Prosecutor. The defendant must have representation or have declared they are representing themselves.

(3) Criminal Offense Classification (Original: hugebob23456 - Dec 15, 2020)
(i) All criminal offenses must carry the classification of either: Indictable or Summary.
(ii) Punishments for a Summary Criminal Offense can be carried out by the relevant Government Department without a trial, subject to Criminal Jurisdiction rules.
(iii) Punishments for an Indictable Criminal Offense must be proven in a trial.

(4) Ex-Post Facto (Original: Pacman - May 26, 2020)
(i) Individuals cannot be subject to punishments for criminal actions if it was not illegal at the time it was committed.

(5) Expungement (Original: Westray - Mar 22, 2021)
(i) Expungement is defined as the process in which a good behavior citizen may request to have a criminal record removed.
(ii) Any citizen may file for their criminal records to be removed via expungement, provided it has been at least 2 months since they have been charged with a crime.
(iii) Any citizen who qualifies may bring their request to the courts, following such process:
(a) The citizen will file an Expungement Request to the Court, to be presided over by a Judge.
(b) The Attorney General, or State’s legal equivalency, will then be called to answer as to whether they meet the criteria or not.
(c) The Judge will then determine a verdict on such a request with the State’s consent.
(iv) If the respective Judge agrees with the request of the citizen, and has the consent of the State, they may order the Department of Justice to delete such criminal record(s).

(6) Statute of Limitations (Original: Pacman - May 24, 2020) (i) All legal action must be commenced within four months of the date of the alleged offense OR within 2 months of becoming aware of the offence, if outside the Statute of Limitations 4 Month timeframe.
(ii) High Crimes excepted from the time constraints of the Statute of Limitations include:

Corruption
Violating a Whistleblower's Anonymity
Electoral Fraud
Treason
Political Espionage

5 - Legal Processes
(1) Government Disruption (Original: LilDigiVert - Feb 27, 2021)
(i) Punishments to those who commit crimes shall be doubled if they are at an official session or event.
(ii) Proof must be provided for the punishment to be doubled, otherwise standard punishment procedures will be enacted.

(2) Proceeds of Crime (Original: xEndeavour - Jun 2, 2021)
(i) The funds or assets acquired from criminal acts can be sized by the Government in court proceedings:
(a) Fine or civil recovery of an amount up to and equal to the total proceeds of the offense committed.

(3) Serial Crime
(i) Every criminal offense committed, in which the perpetrator has already committed the crime twice - according to their criminal record, will be subject to double punishments and 5 minutes Jail Time, on top of any Jail Time that may currently exist or even if the original crime is not punished by Jail Time.

Derpy_Bird · Jan 1, 2023

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

Intercepticon · Jul 21, 2023

A BILL To
Amend the Standardised Criminal Code Act [I

]The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:[/I]

1 - Short Title and Enactment (1) This Act may be cited as the 'Accountability Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by: Senator xEndeavour
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by: Speaker of the House Intercepticon

2 - Reasons
(1) The statute of limitations is used to bury crimes and allow people to get away with breaking the law.
(2) The statute of limitations was amended in December to include high crimes which were previously exempt from the statute of limitations such as Corruption. It is suspected that this may have been done for nefarious reasons as it was not made clear that these changes were occurring.
(3) The statute of limitations has strong support to remain, however not to the current extent that it applies. With this in mind, consultations with the community and members of Congress have come up with a compromise to the system.

3 - Amendments
The following changes will be amended:

(6) Statute of Limitations (Original: Pacman - May 24, 2020) (i) Prosecution for a criminal offense must be commenced within two months of the date of the alleged offense. (ii) Purely civil action must be commenced within two months of the date of the alleged dispute, Civil Damages as a result of a Criminal Offense can be commenced as per the relevant rules listed above. (iii) Evidence can be used in a case from more than two months before the opening of a case, however, said evidence will not be used to charge someone, only as an exhibit of repeated criminal behavior.

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(6) Statute of Limitations (Original: Pacman - May 24, 2020) (i) All legal action must be commenced within four months of the date of the alleged offense OR within 2 months of becoming aware of the offence, if outside the Statute of Limitations 4 Month timeframe.
(ii) High Crimes excepted from the time constraints of the Statute of Limitations include:

Corruption
Violating a Whistleblower's Anonymity
Electoral Fraud
Treason
Political Espionage

LilDigiVert · Sep 6, 2023

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.

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