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Title: High Crimes and Treason
AI: 1.7
Author: P.S.S.
Coauthors: Aris, Jason
Create a new rule, "High Crimes", with the following text:
A high crime is any crime specified as being class 4 or greater.
The Referee CANNOT levy the Cold Hand of Justice to punish a high
crime, notwithstanding Rule 2478.
Attempting intentionally to bring Agora closer to ossification or
treating Agora with disrespect is the Class 10 Crime of Treason.
Amend Rule 2478 by amending the list to read in full:
- Imposing the Cold Hand of Justice on the perp for the cited rule
violation, as described elsewhere;
- Issuing an Indictment against the perp for the cited rule
violation, as described elsewhere; or
- if e believes that no rules violation occurred or that it would
be ILLEGAL or INEFFECTIVE to levy a fine for it, announcing the
Finger Pointing to be Shenanigans.
Create a new rule, "Indictment", with the following text:
When the rules authorize an investigator to issue an Indictment
for a violation, e CAN do so by announcement, specifying a fine of
blots to be issued and the perpetrator and making an argument for
the conviction of the accused.
When an investigator has issued an Indictment, the perpetrator
CAN state a defence. Within 10 days but no less than 4 days after
the indictment has been issued, the judge SHALL initiate an Agoran
Decision to determine whether to convict the perpetrator. For this
decision, the vote collector is the Judge, the options are GUILTY,
NOT GUILTY, REJECT, and PRESENT, and the voting method is AI-
majority with AI=1.5. When initiating the decision, the Judge
SHALL, in the same message, publish the full texts of the
Indictment and the defence. If the Agoran decision is resolved as
GUILTY, the investigator CAN and SHALL impose the fine stated in
the indictment. If the Agoran decision is resolved as NOT GUILTY,
a fine SHALL NOT be imposed for the crime stated in the
indictment. If the Agoran decision is resolved as REJECT, the
investigator CAN issue a new Indictment but SHOULD only do so if
the new Indictment is likely to result in a verdict of GUILTY.
If the Referee is the investigator and the Arbitor is not the
perpetrator, the Arbitor is the Judge. If the Arbitor is the
Investigator or the perpetrator, the Speaker is the Judge.
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Title: Referral
AI: 2
Author: P.S.S.
Coauthors:
Amend Rule 2607, "Proposal Chambers", by appending the following paragraph:
To refer a proposal to a ministry is to set the chamber of that
proposal to the specified ministry.
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