I've rewritten parts of it in response to the various feedback
provided. The portion that I have the most concern about is the clause
that I added to account for change in office holders over time. I
would also appreciate any other feedback as I would would like this to
make the next distribution.
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Title: High Crimes and Treason
AI: 1.7
Author: P.S.S.
Coauthors: G., Jason, Murphy
Amend Rule 2478 by appending the following text to the end of the rule:
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.
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 AI-1.7 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 two Agoran
Decisions, one to determine whether to convict the perpetrator and
one to determine whether to accept the indictment. For these
decision, the vote collector is the Judge and the voting method is
AI-majority with AI=1.5. When initiating the decisions, the Judge
SHALL, in the same message, publish the full texts of the
Indictment and the defence. If both decisions are resolved as ADOPTED,
the investigator CAN and SHALL impose the fine stated in the
indictment. If the decision to convict is resolved as ADOPTED but the
decision to accept is resolved as REJECTED, the investigator CAN issue
a new Indictment. If the decision to convict is resolved as REJECTED,
a fine SHALL NOT be imposed for the crime stated in the indictment.
The Judge of an Indictment is the Arbitor, unless the Arbitor is
the investigator or perp, in which case the Judge is the Speaker,
unless the Speaker and the Arbitor are the same person, in which
case, the Judge is the Prime Minister.
If at any time, the Judge of an Indictment would be the Investigator
or the perpetrator, the Judge is reassigned according to the previous
paragraph.
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