Act of Congress Stop the Murderers Amendment Act

[Aladeen]

CONGRESS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF REDMONT
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A BILL TO

Amend the Criminal Code Act



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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 constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:


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PART I — PRELIMINARIES

1. Short Title and Enactment

(1) This Act may be cited as the ‘Stop the Murderers Amendment Act’.

(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.

(3) This Act has been authored by Aladeen.

(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by pricelessAgrari.

(5) This Act amends the following acts:

(a) Criminal Code Act

2. Reasons and Intent

(1) To increase penalties for murderers to better reflect their severity.

(2) To attempt to prevent un consented killing through an increment in punishment.

PART II — AMENDMENTS

3. Amendment to Section IV

(1) Part IV of the Criminal Code Act shall be amended as follows:

3 - Murder
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 3.5 Penalty Units; 15 min imprisonment
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) unlawfully kills another player.
Relevant Law:

4 - Mass Murder
Offence Type: Summary
Penalty: 6 Penalty Units; 20 minutes imprisonment; Additionally, if a firearm was used:
(a) 9 or fewer unlawful killings: 1 firearms license strike
(b) 10+ unlawful killings: 1 firearms license strike, plus an additional license strike for every 10 unlawful killings.
A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) unlawfully kills five or more players before being apprehended

 

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Needs to have the red removal and green addition included for numbers

 

[zLost]

Nay - While I understand that murder has become common, the root issue of it is not due to a large amount of the populace committing murder, but instead, a few players who engage in extremely large murder streaks. I believe that we should increase the fines for mass murder alone and instead focus on making it easier for cops to apprehend these mass murderers. I also do not believe that reducing the amount of murders needed for mass murder will discourage these mass murderers, as they already rack up a high amount of kills before being arrested.

Having such a high fine for murder will hurt new players who don't know about the laws the most. Imagine losing more than 25% of your starting balance because you killed someone without knowing it was illegal.

further elaboration: Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

 

[Technofied]

Presidential Assent

This bill has received Presidential assent and is hereby signed into law.

Reason: This Bill introduces harsher penalties for committing individual murders as well as mass murders. Noting Redmont has faced an influx of murders in the past few months, along with the punishment for single murders remaining relatively stable over the years, I believe it is fitting to increase the punishment for the crime.

I understand there are concerns expressed by Senator zlost and others that this may deter new players, however the increases proposed are modest and can easily be recovered, through voting or participating in our economy. New players that mass murder will likely have a harder time, however it is my opinion that such steep punishment should serve as a deterrent for the future.

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