Your honourable justices,
The Judicial Act currently notes that at Article 5, section 3
"The verdict shall be guilty if and only if the accused admitted guilt or the justice has determined it to be substantially more likely than not that the criminal act occurred."
Article 6 of the Judicial Act relates to Sentencing.
"(1) A sentencing case is started when an individual has been found guilty after being indicted. The case is started, if possible, by the justice that delivered the conviction.
(2) The sentencing case shall be on hold if an appeal for the conviction has been filed, for the duration of that appeal. If the original conviction is overturned, the sentencing case is automatically dismissed."
Article 2 of The Criminal Code sets out punishments of sentences
2. Punishments
(1) If found guilty of an act of treason, the offending nation will be immediately banned from the in-game region and offsite forums.
(2) Conduct violations are punishable by immediate ejection and banishment from the region, albeit punished parties may appeal this decision to the High Court. In most cases, nations that appeal the decision and apologize should expect to have their ban lifted.
(3) If found guilty of any other crime listed above, the Judiciary will determine a sentence. The sentence must be proportionate to the offence.
If a respondent pleads guilty to an offence,
(1) Does the Court have the ability, under the letter of the law, to enter into (or ratify) plea bargains for reduced sentences upon an early admission of guilt or an acceptance of guilt?
Regardless of the respondents plea,
(2) does the Court have the power to approach a respondent to seek a change his plea?
I thank the Court for it's time.
(This post was last modified: 03-20-2019, 11:01 AM by Kris Kringle.)
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