This fixes a few problems I've noted with our criminal justice system.
I realize it's likely to be controversial, particularly the conspiracy
portion, but I want to see what people think.
-Aris
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Title: Crime Improvements
Adoption index: 3.0
Author: Aris
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created or amended herein, and may be considered for all game purposes to
have been removed before its resolution.
Amend Rule 2449, "Winning the Game", by appending
"By definition, a person CANNOT win the game if e broke the rules to do so,
or if another person broke the rules to help em win with eir advance
knowledge."
as a new paragraph at the end of the rule.
Amend Rule 2152, "Mother, May I?", by appending ", CRIME" after "PROHIBITED".
Create a new power 2.0 rule entitled "Conspiracy", with the following text:
A person SHALL NOT aid, abet, counsel, command, or induce the violation
of the rules by another person; when e does so, e commits the Class-3 Crime of
Conspiracy.
[The Class-3 bit means it's generally fairly minor, and may become more useful
when we reenact a more thorough criminal system.]
If a person does not personally materially benefit from a rule violation, e
does not commit Conspiracy by merely knowing about it or the potential for it
to occur and not reporting it. A person never commits conspiracy if e is
the only one participating in the violation.
[Credit to 18 U.S.C. ยง2 for some of that phrasing. Yes, I know I'm conflating
aiding and abetting with conspiracy, but the difference is unimportant for our
purposes.]
