[Draft #1] Right To A Fair Trial

[Talentiert]

Any tips, and/or edits I should make? Thank you! -Talentiert

The World Assembly,

Fully devoted to making the world a better place, and thus making its people fair and just, and noting that the world is inherently a cruel place,

Maintaining its efforts to have peace and justice for all,

Declares that every person, whether innocent or guilty as judged by the State, Nation, or Assembly, reserves the right to a fair trial,

Enacting as follows:

1. The definition and conditions of a fair trial are as follows:

a. a fair trial is a legal proceeding conducted justly, openly, and with strict respect for the rules, where an independent and impartial judge or jury treats all sides equally;

b. the trial being open meaning that it is open to public viewing;

c. the judge being impartial meaning that they must not have a bias against the defendant, and must not be convinced by bribes or political pressure to judge wrongly;

d. if a jury is present, it will contain a selection up to twelve individual peers, meaning that it must be people with no bias towards both the prosecution and the defense; and

e. if any of the above conditions are broken, that a mistrial should be enacted and the proceeding will reset with another selection of jurors.

2. Key rights will be held for the trial:

a. the prosecution and defense can bring both evidence and witnesses, in order to have the fullest picture possible;

b. the defendant cannot be forced to confess or blame themselves for what they are being tried on; and

c. both sides get a fair and equal chance to present their case.

3. If a fair trial is not enacted for the defendant, the proper fines will be pressed against the State, Nation, or Assembly, and in the case of the defendant being sentenced to death, and are executed before the fair trial is enacted, the State, Nation, or Assembly must pay the proper compensation to the family of the defendant.

[The Crusader Kings]

OHH, am I going to have fun with this one!

Any tips, and/or edits I should make? Thank you! -Talentiert

The World Assembly,

Fully devoted to making the world a better place, and thus making its people fair and just, and noting that the world is inherently a cruel place,

Maintaining its efforts to have peace and justice for all,

Declares that every person, whether innocent or guilty as judged by the State, Nation, or Assembly, reserves the right to a fair trial,

Enacting as follows:

1. The definition and conditions of a fair trial are as follows:

a. a fair trial is a legal proceeding conducted justly, openly, and with strict respect for the rules, where an independent and impartial judge or jury treats all sides equally;

b. the trial being open meaning that it is open to public viewing;

c. the judge being impartial meaning that they must not have a bias against the defendant, and must not be convinced by bribes or political pressure to judge wrongly;

d. if a jury is present, it will contain a selection up to twelve individual peers, meaning that it must be people with no bias towards both the prosecution and the defense; and

e. if any of the above conditions are broken, that a mistrial should be enacted and the proceeding will reset with another selection of jurors.

2. Key rights will be held for the trial:

a. the prosecution and defense can bring both evidence and witnesses, in order to have the fullest picture possible;

b. the defendant cannot be forced to confess or blame themselves for what they are being tried on; and

c. both sides get a fair and equal chance to present their case.

3. If a fair trial is not enacted for the defendant, the proper fines will be pressed against the State, Nation, or Assembly, and in the case of the defendant being sentenced to death, and are executed before the fair trial is enacted, the State, Nation, or Assembly must pay the proper compensation to the family of the defendant.

“b. the trial being open meaning that it is open to public viewing;“ no. If a crime is too personal, like, say a Divorce case, the public has no buisness knowing what goes on in that Courtroom.

“c. the judge being impartial meaning that they must not have a bias against the defendant, and must not be convinced by bribes or political pressure to judge wrongly;“ Almost impossible unless it’s an AI, or a perfected special that can turn emotions on and off(OR something similar). If somebody raped another person, and is now on trial, I’m pretty sure the judge, while technically meant to be impartial, is going to dislike the defendant.


“ d. if a jury is present, it will contain a selection up to twelve individual peers, meaning that it must be people with no bias towards both the prosecution and the defense; and” first of all, why the And? Not necessary. Why exactly 12? Also, see my point above about zero bias.

“ b. the defendant cannot be forced to confess or blame themselves for what they are being tried on; and” And here’s the random “and” again. Why shouldn’t they be forced to confess? If I have a particular thing that can force someone to tell the truth, why WOULDN'T I use it to tell if the defendant is lying or not? seems like a waste of an ability.

So, um… no. I ain’t voting for this.

[Talentiert]

SPOLIER - THIS IS DRAFT 2!

The World Assembly,

Fully devoted to making the world a better place, and thus making its people fair and just, and noting that the world is inherently a cruel place,

MAINTAINING its efforts to have peace and justice for all,

DECLARING that every person, whether innocent or guilty as judged by the State, Nation, or Assembly, reserves the right to a fair trial, whether a criminal case or a civil case,

Enacting as follows:

1. The key distinction between criminal and civil cases being as follows:

a. Criminal cases are enacted by a government (whether State, Nation, or Assembly), acting as a prosecutor, the defendant is charged with breaking the law in some way, shape, or form, and the goal is to punish the defendant with fines and/or prison;

b. Civil cases are enacted by a plaintiff (whether a private person, business, or agency), acting as a prosecutor, and case functions as a dispute between two or more groups over rights, money, and/or agreements, with the goal for the prosecution to be compensated.

2. The definition and conditions of a fair CRIMINAL trial are as follows:

a. a fair criminal trial is a legal court proceeding conducted justly, openly, and with strict respect to the law, where an independent and impartial judge and/or jury treats all sides equally;

b. the trial being open meaning that it is open to the public view UNLESS to either keep media from influencing the jury to make a fair choice, to protect witnesses and victims, and/or to protect national security.

3. The definition and conditions of a fair CIVIL trial are as follows:

a. a fair civil trial is a legal court proceeding conducted justly, privately, and with strict respect to the law, where an independent and impartial judge and/or jury treats all sides equally;

b. the trial being private meaning that it is not open to the public view, whatsoever.

4. Impartial meaning that the judge and/or jury must solely reach a verdict based on the evidence, and attempting as best as possible to not let emotion, opinion, and bias in the way of the verdict.

5. If a jury is present in the courtroom, it will contain a selection of individual peers, the number being decided by the State, Nation, and Assembly, depending on their laws.

6. Both the prosecution and the defendant have the right to bring witnesses and evidence, as well as an fair and equal chance to present their side of the case.

8. If a fair trial is not enacted for the defendant, the proper fines will be pressed against the State, Nation, or Assembly, and in the case of the defendant being sentenced to death, and are executed before the fair trial is enacted, the State, Nation, or Assembly must pay the proper compensation to the family of the defendant.

[Lipizia]

Please remove the spoiler, I can't open It.

About draft 1:

The process MUST be open to the public, how you said. Also in case of divorce. Also if the judge Is and AI (we talk of that later.) No space for corruption, sorry.

There must be and AI judge and a human judge. Because also the AI might been programmed to be unpartial. The code of the AI must be disponible for the public.

You rightly said "IF a jury Is present". Well done.

And:

“ b. the defendant cannot be forced to confess or blame themselves for what they are being tried on; and” And here’s the random “and” again. Why shouldn’t they be forced to confess? If I have a particular thing that can force someone to tell the truth, why WOULDN'T I use it to tell if the defendant is lying or not? seems like a waste of an ability.

I'm sorry, but I am againist draft 1. But I need to see draft 2.

[Talentiert]

The World Assembly,

Fully devoted to making the world a better place, and thus making its people fair and just, and noting that the world is inherently a cruel place,

MAINTAINING its efforts to have peace and justice for all,

DECLARING that every person, whether innocent or guilty as judged by the State, Nation, or Assembly, reserves the right to a fair trial, whether a criminal case or a civil case,

Enacting as follows:

1. The key distinction between criminal and civil cases being as follows:

a. Criminal cases are enacted by a government (whether State, Nation, or Assembly), acting as a prosecutor, the defendant is charged with breaking the law in some way, shape, or form, and the goal is to punish the defendant with fines and/or prison;

b. Civil cases are enacted by a plaintiff (whether a private person, business, or agency), acting as a prosecutor, and case functions as a dispute between two or more groups over rights, money, and/or agreements, with the goal for the prosecution to be compensated.

2. The definition and conditions of a fair CRIMINAL trial are as follows:

a. a fair criminal trial is a legal court proceeding conducted justly, openly, and with strict respect to the law, where an independent and impartial judge and/or jury treats all sides equally;

b. the trial being open meaning that it is open to the public view UNLESS to either keep media from influencing the jury to make a fair choice, to protect witnesses and victims, and/or to protect national security.

3. The definition and conditions of a fair CIVIL trial are as follows:

a. a fair civil trial is a legal court proceeding conducted justly, privately, and with strict respect to the law, where an independent and impartial judge and/or jury treats all sides equally;

b. the trial being private meaning that it is not open to the public view, whatsoever.

4. Impartial meaning that the judge and/or jury must solely reach a verdict based on the evidence, and attempting as best as possible to not let emotion, opinion, and bias in the way of the verdict.

5. If a jury is present in the courtroom, it will contain a selection of individual peers, the number being decided by the State, Nation, and Assembly, depending on their laws.

6. Both the prosecution and the defendant have the right to bring witnesses and evidence, as well as an fair and equal chance to present their side of the case.

8. If a fair trial is not enacted for the defendant, the proper fines will be pressed against the State, Nation, or Assembly, and in the case of the defendant being sentenced to death, and are executed before the fair trial is enacted, the State, Nation, or Assembly must pay the proper compensation to the family of the defendant.

[Inevitable Poverty]

You don't need to put your new drafts in a new post. You can just put the new draft in the OP, and put the older drafts in spoilers in the OP.

[Lipizia]

The World Assembly,

Fully devoted to making the world a better place, and thus making its people fair and just, and noting that the world is inherently a cruel place,

MAINTAINING its efforts to have peace and justice for all,

DECLARING that every person, whether innocent or guilty as judged by the State, Nation, or Assembly, reserves the right to a fair trial, whether a criminal case or a civil case,

Enacting as follows:

1. The key distinction between criminal and civil cases being as follows:

a. Criminal cases are enacted by a government (whether State, Nation, or Assembly), acting as a prosecutor, the defendant is charged with breaking the law in some way, shape, or form, and the goal is to punish the defendant with fines and/or prison;

b. Civil cases are enacted by a plaintiff (whether a private person, business, or agency), acting as a prosecutor, and case functions as a dispute between two or more groups over rights, money, and/or agreements, with the goal for the prosecution to be compensated.

2. The definition and conditions of a fair CRIMINAL trial are as follows:

a. a fair criminal trial is a legal court proceeding conducted justly, openly, and with strict respect to the law, where an independent and impartial judge and/or jury treats all sides equally;

b. the trial being open meaning that it is open to the public view UNLESS to either keep media from influencing the jury to make a fair choice, to protect witnesses and victims, and/or to protect national security.

3. The definition and conditions of a fair CIVIL trial are as follows:

a. a fair civil trial is a legal court proceeding conducted justly, privately, and with strict respect to the law, where an independent and impartial judge and/or jury treats all sides equally;

b. the trial being private meaning that it is not open to the public view, whatsoever.

4. Impartial meaning that the judge and/or jury must solely reach a verdict based on the evidence, and attempting as best as possible to not let emotion, opinion, and bias in the way of the verdict.

5. If a jury is present in the courtroom, it will contain a selection of individual peers, the number being decided by the State, Nation, and Assembly, depending on their laws.

6. Both the prosecution and the defendant have the right to bring witnesses and evidence, as well as an fair and equal chance to present their side of the case.

8. If a fair trial is not enacted for the defendant, the proper fines will be pressed against the State, Nation, or Assembly, and in the case of the defendant being sentenced to death, and are executed before the fair trial is enacted, the State, Nation, or Assembly must pay the proper compensation to the family of the defendant.

Ok, now it's better, but you didn't included an anthropic support and that the judge and the jury can't be relatives of nobody in the process. I'm still againist, sorry.

[Wanbel Pasin]

Fines and/or prison. Doesn't include the full arsenal of behaviour changing method that the state has,. Corporal punishment,.community service,.mandatory psychiatric holds and even execution exist.

Also,,criminal cases are not always initiated by the state but also by its subdivisions, like states and municipalities.

[Lipizia]

Fines and/or prison. Doesn't include the full arsenal of behaviour changing method that the state has,. Corporal punishment,.community service,.mandatory psychiatric holds and even execution exist.

Right. Talentiert please correct it.

Also,criminal cases are not always initiated by the state but also by its subdivisions, like states and municipalities.

I think "Assembly" means "Whatever it's not a State", so also municipalities.

[Talentiert]

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