ravensfire
Member of the Opposition
DG2 PI Process:
-- Ravensfire
Code:
H. Investigations
1. If a citizen believes that someone has violated an article of the Constitution or a
law in the Code of Laws, they can report this suspected violation for
investigation and trial.
A. The allegation can be posted in the Judicial thread.
B. The allegation can be made privately to the Judge Advocate or Chief
Justice.
C. The allegation can be made anonymously through a Moderator.
1. If reported to a Mod, the Mod will pass the allegation to the
Judge Advocate.
2. Allegations of misconduct must include:
A. Name of the defendant.
B. Article, law or standard violated.
C. When/where the article, law, or standard was violated.
3. The Judge Advocate notifies the suspect and the Public Defendant of the
charges.
4. The Judge Advocate opens an investigation thread detailing the alleged violation
and the defendants history of convictions (if applicable).
5. The first two replies to this thread are reserved for the Public Defendant and the
suspect's responses to the charges (defense). If these responses have not been
posted in 24 hours they lose these reserved spots and anybody can post.
6. Citizens post their opinions on the charge, whether they think the suspect is
guilty of an infraction, if the case should go to trial (poll), what punishment(s)
would be in order if the defendant is found guilty, etc.
7. When discussion has petered out and at least 48 hours have passed the Judge
Advocate will post a trial.
A. If the defendant pled "guilty" to the charges, the trial poll is skipped and
the Judge Advocate will proceed to posting a sentencing poll.
B. If the results of the investigation thread are overwhelmingly in favor of
the defendant the Judge Advocate will submit the case for Judicial
Review and possible dispensation as a "No Merit" case.
C. The trial poll will have options of Guilty/Innocent/Abstain and will
remain up for 48 hours.
D. In the event the trial poll ends in a tie, the members of the Judiciary
shall decided amongst themselves if the defendant is innocent or guilty.
If the triumvirate of the Judiciary cannot come to an agreement, the
Chief Justice alone will cast the tie breaking vote.
8. If the suspect is found or pleads guilty, a sentencing poll is held.
A. The sentencing poll will remain up for 48 hours
B. The polls for Constitution and Code of Laws violations will be set to
allow multiple choices.
C. Poll options for violation of the Constitution sentencing poll.
1. Eviction from the Demo game
2. Suspension from the Demo game
3. Impeachment
A. For officials only.
4. Final warning
A. For previous offenders only.
5. Warning
6. No Punishment.
7. Abstain
8. If the offender has previously received a Final Warning, the
options of Warning and Final Warning will not be offered on the
sentencing poll.
9. If the offender has never received a Warning, the option of
Final Warning will not be offered on the sentencing poll.
D. Poll options for violation of the Code of Laws sentencing poll.
1. Suspension from the Demo game
2. Impeachment
A. For officials only.
3. Final warning
B. For previous offenders only.
4. Warning
5. No Punishment.
6. Abstain
7. If the offender has previously received a Final Warning, the
options of Warning and Final Warning will not be offered on the
sentencing poll.
8. If the offender has never received a Warning, the option of
Final Warning will not be offered on the sentencing poll.
E. Poll options for violation of the Code of Standards sentencing poll.
1. Warning
2. No Punishment.
3. Abstain
F. In the event any type of sentencing poll ends up in a tie, the members of
the Judiciary shall decide an appropriate sentence from among the
options that were tied. If the triumvirate of the Judiciary cannot come to
an agreement, the Chief Justice alone will select the sentence from
among the options that were tied.
9. Sentencing
A. A Moderator, who will be responsible for enforcing the punishment,
must approve evictions, suspensions and impeachments.
B. A Moderator must set the amount of time for suspensions.
