NationStates Jolt Archive


New Issue, comments please.

BLARGistania
29-08-2004, 06:51
here it is:

Title: Three Strikes. . .And you DIE!

Description: A coalition of police, hard-line anti-crime activists, and convenience store owners have come together to petition the government for a new, and more radical set of laws. These laws make the death penalty mandatory for those caught breaking the law for a third time.

Validity: Not valid for nations who have banned the death penalty

Options

[option] “We need this law!” Shouts @@randomname@@, a hard-liner policeman. “People have been stealing for too long, they need to learn. Of course, there will be those that get it for stealing gum, but this is the only way we can stop crime!” “Besides” agrees @@randomname@@, a convenience store owner, I make 13 cents off each pack of gum I sell.”
[effect] Teenagers who are caught steeling gum for a third time are sentenced to death
[stats] Crime rate decreases sharply, economy goes up slightly, civil rights decrease

[option] “This is crazy!” shouts professional protestor and gum thief @@randomname@@. “The death penalty for petty theft?! What is this @@name@@ coming to! The death penalty is overused as it is. Here’s an idea, ban the death penalty altogether. Then our nation could really get somewhere.”
[effect] Crime is rampant as there is no longer capital punishment to scare potential criminals
[stats] Crime rate increases sharply, economy goes a bit, civil rights up slightly

[option] “Why don’t we just allow criminals to be shot on the spot, regardless of first or third time?” suggests @@randomname@@, a small shop owner. “Crime would stop dead in its tracks. We all want that don’t we? Of course, we would have the problem of random bodies in the street, as well as the occasional person who isn’t guilty. But wouldn’t it be better for us?
[effect] Shop keepers shoot suspected criminals indiscriminately
[stats] crime rate drops to almost zero, civil rights decreases, economy down slightly
BLARGistania
29-08-2004, 06:56
bump, c'mon people.
Mentholyptus
29-08-2004, 07:01
You beat me to it. Bastage.
BLARGistania
29-08-2004, 07:03
Yeah, I definatly get authorship of this one. Skank.
Mentholyptus
29-08-2004, 07:05
(edited for grammar)

[effect] Teenagers who are caught stealing

[option] “This is crazy!” shouts professional protestor and gum thief @@randomname@@. “The death penalty for petty theft?! What is [deleted "this"]@@name@@ coming to!
Also, I don't think crime rates would increase sharply if the death penalty was banned. I'd say a slight increase is in order.
Ernst_Rohm
29-08-2004, 07:06
consider adding the idea of using convicted killers for their organs and you have larry niven's rather bleak near future history in which virtually all crimes become capital because the population is more intersted in prolong their lives than protecting any criminals even though the system only works if you keep finding a fresh supply of criminals to use.
BLARGistania
29-08-2004, 07:13
maybe. . .
Incertonia
29-08-2004, 08:01
Also, I don't think crime rates would increase sharply if the death penalty was banned. I'd say a slight increase is in order.
That's my take on it as well.
BLARGistania
29-08-2004, 08:19
bumposize me cap'n