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URA Recommendation: Vote AGAINST "Death Penalty Ban"

URA World Assembly Recommendation
Death Penalty Ban

The World Assembly,

Recognising that there is no convincing and statistically robust evidence that the death penalty deters crime,

Hoping to spend money currently dedicated to the substantial administrative and legal costs of pursuing death penalties on enforcement or rehabilitation programmes which actually do reduce crime,

Gravely concerned that even under stringent protocols death penalties are issued against people who are actually innocent of the crimes for which they are to be punished, and

Believing that the death penalty in its application and pursuit targets the mentally ill, socio-economically disadvantaged, and members of racial and cultural minorities, even when administered under facially neutral statutes, hereby enacts the following:

1. The death penalty is abolished except for crimes under a military penal code committed during time of war.

2. All sentences contravening section 1 must be commuted forthwith under procedures not inconsistent with World Assembly law.

3. Member nations collectively may further restrict the use of or abolish the death penalty, section 1 notwithstanding.

Co-authored by Cretox state.

This General Assembly resolution was written by Imperium Anglorum to outlaw the death penalty with an exception for "crimes under a military penal code committed during time of war." You can find the drafting thread on the forums here.

The United Regions Alliance recommends that you vote AGAINST the resolution

This resolution outlaws the death penalty, with a single exception. Crimes committed during wartime under a penal code do not fall under this ban, allowing the death penalty for those guilty of war crimes, genocide, and other human rights abuses committed during war. Furthermore, anyone on death row will no longer be executed, and nations are allowed to impose greater restrictions on capital punishment if they so choose. URA members who oppose this resolution do so on either the basis of not being against the death penalty, or believing that this is a problem best left for individual member states to decide.

The following comments were given on the LinkURA Discord server:

Scalizagasti, the Overseer of the Assembly wrote,

Scalizagasti wrote:Personally I support this resolution. While I am a bit iffy on the military exemption, I understand why it exists and believe that the potential for abuse is relatively minor.

Free Azell, the URA Founder and delegate for Conch Kingdom wrote,

Free Azell wrote:I think it should be something left to nation's to choose on there own personally. The previous resolution that was passed regulated basics right in terms of prisoners. This goes a bit to far in doing so IMO.

Duby, the voting member for Conch Kingdom wrote,

Duby wrote:The liberty of a decision like this should be left to the nation's and not the WA. The people should decide agreed. I know I'm fine with the death penalty, and some aren't. It's easier to let the nations pick and choose.

Pekares, a citizen of The Great Experiment wrote,

Pekares wrote:I don't see why WA resolutions that starts nitty gritty with healthcare are supported, and then when a matter of the right to one's life not to be ended against one's will comes onto vote, then it suddenly no longer ok for the international community to regulate it. Please explain. I think it shall be no one's freedom to take another person's life against their will.

Merni, the voting member for The Labyrinth, wrote,

Merni wrote:I agree with Ellenburg - while the WA can and should make regulations so that nations which choose to continue using the death penalty must do so fairly, reasonably and humanely, I believe it's a massive overreach into national sovereignty to ban it altogether.
(Let's just declare a war and make it a military offence for anyone who has ever served in the military -- which means everyone in countries with compulsory service -- to commit murder! :P )

Internal voting results
Turnout: 14/29 members
Weighted turnout: 69.67%

This document was authored by Scalizagasti on behalf of the United Regions Alliance. Please do not reproduce it without permission.

Scalizagasti

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