Today I’ve got this Issue on my Nationstates (nationstates.net)
Plea Bargains: Tipping The Scales Of Justice?
The high-profile case of Damon ‘The Butcher of CAPITAL’ White, a serial murderer and rapist, has been the subject of outrage and derision by NATIONSNAME’s news providers. In exchange for a guilty verdict, no trial by jury, and testimony in another trial, White pled guilty to third-degree manslaughter, reducing his sentence to a paltry three months’ imprisonment. The justness of plea bargaining is now being called into question.
I’ve encountered with 3 choices
1. “Plea bargains degrade the fairness of our justice system,” argues Steffan Wall, a recently graduated lawyer. “Prosecutors are only interested in getting their guilty verdict and plea bargaining is the easiest way to get it! The recent trial of that psychopath mass-murderer is a disgrace! If it had gone before a jury he’d be behind bars by now! He won’t though, because the prosecutors and police are too lazy to do their jobs properly. Putting that man back on the streets is not justice. Plea bargaining must be banned.”
2. “What that moral elitist is neglecting to tell you,” sneers Fanny Sanchez, a prosecutor, “is that plea bargaining has made our judicial system MORE effective, not less! There needs to be give and take so we can get to the truth and that’s what plea bargains allow us. We were able to catch the worst criminal kingpin NATIONSNAME has ever seen because of Mr White’s testimony. Also, do you realise how clogged up and expensive the court system would be if every trial went before jury? Very, my friend. Very. Plea bargaining must be allowed to continue.”
3. “You know, we wouldn’t have to worry about any of this nonsense and controversy if we just stopped giving our criminals so many rights,” sighs Stan Wilson, your fifth cousin, five times removed. “Double jeopardy, cruel and unusual punishment, the writ of habeas corpus… there are just so many inconvenient clauses in our constitution that are getting in the way of keeping our streets clean of crooks. I say we abolish the right to a fair trial, and just lock people up if the judge thinks they’ve done something wrong. I mean, they’re pretty smart guys aren’t they?”
4. Dismiss the issue
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Option 1. sounds good so I choose it.
The result saids ‘Charged suspects often have to wait years before the courts have room to judge their trial.‘
In result, my nation get a boost of this qualities.
Social Conservatism
Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index 5.9%
Law Enforcement
Orwell Orderliness Index 4.9%
Pacifism
Cheeks Turned Per Day 0.59%
Safety
Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating 0.49%
Tourism
Tourists Per Hour 0.43%
Government Size
Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index 0.22%
Taxation
Effective Tax Rate 0.15%
Average Income
0.13%
Economic Output
0.13%
And decline in this qualities
Employment
Workforce Participation Rate 0.09%
Sector: Manufacturing
Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index 0.13%
Foreign Aid
Clooney Contribution Index 0.13%
Eco-Friendliness
Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index 0.13%
Public Transport
Societal Mobility Rating 0.13%
Business Subsidization
Gilded Widget Scale 0.13%
Welfare
Safety Net Mesh Density Rating 0.13%
Public Education
Edu-tellignce® Test Score 0.13%
Nudity
Cheeks Per Square Mile 0.62%
Intelligence
Quips Per Hour 0.80%
Crime
Crimes Per Hour 0.96%
Recreational Drug Use
Pineapple Fondness Rating 3.5%
Civil Rights
Martin Luther King, Jr. Units 3.5%
Ideological Radicality
Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index 5.7%
This choice boost Civil Right and also other nice stats.
