Note that while I strongly disagree with the death penalty, none of these options will have any effect on crime rates. I have written this as a neutral issue that favors neither side.
NAME: Death Drugs In Short Supply, Prison Wardens Say
VALIDITY: Valid for all nations that have legalized capital punishment.
DESCRIPTION: Prisons all across @@NAME@@ are in short supply of Maxium Barrythol, a drug commonly used to execute criminals. A debate spanning all sides of the spectrum has been called to discuss what can be done to solve this growing concern.
[option]"If anything we should be increasing the number of executions per year," comments @@RANDOMNAME@@, head of the Prison Wardens' Union. "My job would be a hell of a lot easier if we treated these criminals they way the deserve to be treated. An old fashioned stoning, hanging, or death by firing squad would not only save some @@CURRENCY@@s on our bloated law and order budget, but would also show that @@NAME@@ is tough on crime. Why worry about treating criminals humanely? These thugs showed no humanity to their victims. Why should we show any to them?"
[effect]@@NAME@@ has allowed for more 'barbaric' execution methods despite outcry from civil rights groups
[stats]civil rights decrease, deaths due to capital punishment increase significantly, funding for law and order decreases slightly, economy increases, corruption increases slightly
[option]"Now let's not go back to the, uh, uh, dark ages," replies @@RANDOMNAME@@, a representative for the pharmaceutical giant Zaius Drug Concern, seen wearing wrinkled lab coat and broken glasses held together with duct tape. "The government can always make some wise investments with the pharmaceutical industry. I'm certain that with enough funding we can create a drug to replace, uh, uh, Maxium Barrythol. Just give us about a year."
[effect]government officials are beginning to wonder if the pharmaceutical companies squandered their investment as they have yet to produce a replacement drug for Maxium Barrythol
[stats]economy decreases, taxes increase slightly, deaths due to capital punishment decrease slightly, apathy increases slightly, corruption increases
[option]"Hold on there a minute! I got a solution that's neither expense or barbaric!" exclaims well known conservative speaker @@RANDOMNAME@@. "Maxium Barrythol originated in Maxtopia, correct? It's a hellhole run by an insane dictator. What I suggest is that we cut off aid to Maxtopia until they give us their excess quantities of Maxium Barrythol. If they don't play ball with us we can always find some other third world nation that will."
[effect]@@NAME@@ has begun cutting off desperately needed aid to Maxtopia and other third world nations in exchange for desperately needed quantities of Maxium Barrythol
[stats]economy increases slightly, deaths due to capital punishment increase slightly, most avoided decreases very slightly
[option]"I believe that a shortage of Maxium Barrythol is a sign that the capital punishment should no longer be practiced in @@NAME@@," comments anti-capital punishment activist and author of the controversial book 'Revenge and Justice Don't Mix', @@RANDOMNAME@@. "It is time for @@NAME@@ to join the rest of the civilized world and abolish the inhumane practice of capital punishment. We cannot claim to be morally superior when we cry for the blood of those who have wronged us. We must take the moral high ground. We must focus on crime prevention and extensive rehabilitation rather than barbaric executions."
[effect]@@NAME@@ has recently abolished the death penalty
[stats]civil rights increase, economy increases slightly, deaths due to capital punishment drop to zero, funding for law and order decreases
