Krioval wrote:R539 wrote:Technically you can crucify them under the proposal... It never forbids the death penalty.
This repeal practically writes itself, in that case. What is the point of forbidding "cruel and unusual treatment" in a prison setting while allowing, of all things, torture that results in death as a viable punishment. The Great Chiefdom is forced to wonder whether it was the intent of Your Excellency to submit legislation to this body specifically to minimize the safety and security of individuals accused or convicted of crimes by leaving open loopholes through which a Kriovaller could space travel. Your Excellency's comment above drives that point home, as far as Krioval is concerned.
[Lord] Ambassador Darvek Tyvok
Great Chiefdom of Krioval
Richard tilted his head unhappily, considering the planned fate of James Newburn.
"If someone commits crimes against his entire nation as a dictator or a murderous beast, don't you think the nation's people should be allowed to execute that man? In the case of my nation, the former President had us afraid to set foot outside without 7 items of paperwork in hand. I wish that was an exaggeration. He obeyed his own laws, but they had us all scared to live at all, sir."