The Trial by Jury Law
The people of Egypt request the institution of a Trial system for judging criminals.
A Citizen can volunteer to a jury by applying at an Institute of Leadership. He is given an eligibility petition; once twenty people sign, he enters the pool of eligible members.
If Egypt has ten or more elig. members, any elig. member can file a Complaint against another Citizen at an Institute of Leadership. The Complaint must include the crime.
Once the accused is logged, a trial begins: five random elig. members, who are other than the complainant and have logged in the past 24 hours, are chosen as Jury. A chat channel is created for the trial.
The trial lasts three days, during which the Complaint (accused and crime) is logged at all Institutes of Leadership.
The Jury, the accused and the complainant join the chat channel. Other Citizens can join the channel at any Chariot Stop, but he leaves it once he's not near the CS.
By the end of the trial period, each member of the Jury gives his vote: Guilty or Not Guilty. If at least four agree that the accused is Guilty, he is deemed such. The default vote is for Not Guilty.
For a period of ten days, a Guilty Citizen is forced to dress all in black, the suffix "the Guilty" is attached to his name, and he is not allowed to access any buildings he does not own.
When a trial begins, a message is posted to System. Once a trial ends, its results are posted in System: Guilty or Innocent, and the vote of each member of the Jury.
Whatever happened to fun? Who are these people that feel the need to force thier will on us? What petty grievances do these people have that Demi-Pharoahs refuse to address? I have raised this question in a few public chats. The resounding answer is "I'm not voting for that law". Lets imagine what the would happen if this law would pass. A handful of people that want to force thier will on egypt stand at chariot stops and collect signatures from random people that have no idea what the petition is about. They are then put in a pool who are randomly selected to be jurors. Incidently these are the only people that can accuse anyone of a crime. Then 5 of those people are randomly selected as a jury to determine someone's fate. Random is such an odd word since the only people that will make up this jury are people that are petty enough to triffle with minor inconvenience. The rest of us will probably sit by, and roll our eyes while enjoying ourselves trying to avoid the whole mess. So basically this law is giving a handful of people, who's complaints are not significant enough to be handled through regular channels, the power to inhibit someone's ability to have fun. This is trial by clique. You've all seen it happen in the Lounge and other public arenas. Do we really need to give that bickering some sort of enpowerment? Why should we allow them this pleasure of dominance? What's next? Passports and Visas? Isn't there someplace we can exile them along with the few people that require such governance and let them work it out themselves. We are almost at the end of the tale and how many people have been banned? 2? Ask yourselves, is this a society that really needs a ruling class? And I use the term class loosely as this will be more of a ruling clique than class. I say vote NO on this law and send a message to these people that they must learn how to play well with others and leave the rest of us to our fun. --Smight
It is clear my friend here has not been to Egypt in the past few weeks, and have not seen the strife caused by "minor inconvenience". He probably has not been to the discussions on E!, or perhaps the arguments on The Lounge, where people were accused of all sorts of different acts. I'm assuming he hasn't read the last few ballots as well: each ballot ended in a tiny, insignificant law that meant nothing to Egypt in the long term. Perhaps, if one is afraid of this law forming a "ruling clique", one should vote Yes to the law, and ask to be a juror himself. -- ShanVizen
I have been to Egypt nearly every day for the last 9 months, and I agree wholeheartedly with Smight. This law is an extremely bad idea, as so excellently outlined above. Fun is more important than a few powerhungry individuals. However, it has a snowballs chance in hell of passing anyway, so I'm not worried :) --- Cappu
I do not understand accusations of "powerhungry" individuals, nor accusations of "cliques". For the four or so months I've been around, I've been accused three times of being part of a clique. Heck, once one has even claimed I'm part of a French clique, and I don't speak French. This law is aimed to: a) stop griefers, and b) prevent the need for surgical law, like the few seen lately, in the future. That's about it. No conspiracies and no aims to make the game less fun. -- ShanVizen
As for a), that is a non-existent problem. The few griefers are dealt with effectively, since friends are so important in this game. As for b), this law won't help, since the problem (mostly) was that the sinner could not be found or identified. I assume you referred to the the enhanced skill laws there. And you are taking it too personally... we do not accuse you of being powerhungry, but your law would attract the powerhungry, to the sorrow of all. And the latter is why everything will be less fun... judging people is no fun, and being formally judged less so. If you don't realize the flaw by now, I fear only real life can teach you that lesson, so this will be my last word in this case --- Cappu
Tribunal Correctionnel (Translation by Cheos)
Les habitants d'Egypte demandent la création d'un système de procès pour juger les criminels.
Un citoyen peut se proposer comme juré en s'inscrivant à une école ou université du Commandement. Il lui est alors fourni une pétition d'égilibité, qui, une fois signée par 20 personnes, lui permet de faire parti d'un cercle des membres eligibles.
Si l'egypte comporte dix membres eligibles ou plus, l'un d'entre eux peut remplir une plainte à l'encontre d'un autre citoyen en se rendant à une école ou université du Commandement. La plainte en question doit préciser le crime reproché.
Une fois l'accusé connecté, le procès commence. Cinq membres sont choisis aléatoirement parmi les membres éligibles s'étant connectés durant les dernières 24 heure pour faire parti du jury. Un canal de discussion est créé à l'occasion du procès.
Le procès dure trois jours, durant lesquels la plainte (incluant le nom de l'accusé et le crime) sont lisibles à n'importe quelle université ou école du Commandement.
Le jury, l'accusé et la personne à l'origine de la plainte ont accès au canal de discussion. Les autres citoyens peuvent y accéder temporairement en cliquant sur un chariot, mais quittent le canal dès qu'ils s'éloignent d'une certaine distance de celui-ci.
Une fois la durée du procès écoulée, chaque membre du jury vote, soit Coupable soit Non Coupable. Si au moins quatre d'entre eux s'accordent sur la culpabilité de l'accusé, celui-ci est déclaré comme tel. Le vote par défaut est Non Coupable (en cas d'abstention).
Un citoyen déclaré Coupable doit, durant une période de dix jours, s'habiller entièrement en noir. De plus, le suffixe "Le(la) Coupable" est ajouté à son nom, et il n'est pas autorisé à accéder à d'autres possessions que les siennes.
Quand un procès commence, un message est inscrit sur le canal "system". De même, à la fin du procès, les résultats sont inscrit sur ce canal, incluant la culpabilité (ou non) et le vote de chaque membre du jury.