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==Trials== | |||
===Foreword=== | |||
Before you think about putting on a grand trial for the client of the day, here are a couple of things to take into consideration: | |||
'''1) Trials do not happen for timed sentences.''' As dictated in Space Law, only Permanent/Capital sentences can legally be brought to trial. Regardless of how much someone asks, you cannot legally represent someone unless they’re either headed for Permanent Imprisonment, the Electric/Injection Chair, the Firing Squad, or the Roboticist’s surgical table; | |||
'''2) Trials take time.''' While a trial may be a great opportunity for roleplay and may in fact help uphold proper justice when the evidence is murky, most Security personnel will prefer an expedient application of Space Law rather than go through a (probably lengthy) trial process. You will most likely be ignored most of the time when requesting a trial, and will probably need to contact a higher authority, such as a Captain, a Magistrate or Central Command; | |||
'''3) Trials are not a TV Show.''' Trials in-game are nothing like the ones commonly portrayed in Media, and most certainly are not trials by jury. You have the Prosecution and the Defense, and it is their job to ensure that the defendant is declared guilty or innocent, respectively. This decision will fall on the presiding Judge, who will most likely come with baggage themselves. Bottom line: this is Defense VS Prosecution where only tangible evidence matters, and nothing else. | |||
When you sign up as a Lawyer, you need to be prepared for the possibility of sitting in your office with nothing to do for rounds at a time. Take heart, though, beleaguered defender of justice, for the few glorious moments in which others call upon you far, far outshine the dullness of the average shift. | |||
'''DO:''' Hold a trial for someone accused of Attempted Murder, but lacking forensic evidence, with the defendant claiming exaggerated charges from Security and/or the victim; | |||
'''DON’T:''' Hold a trial for someone the AI caught shooting the CMO in the face after emagging into their office. | |||
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Trials
Foreword
Before you think about putting on a grand trial for the client of the day, here are a couple of things to take into consideration:
1) Trials do not happen for timed sentences. As dictated in Space Law, only Permanent/Capital sentences can legally be brought to trial. Regardless of how much someone asks, you cannot legally represent someone unless they’re either headed for Permanent Imprisonment, the Electric/Injection Chair, the Firing Squad, or the Roboticist’s surgical table;
2) Trials take time. While a trial may be a great opportunity for roleplay and may in fact help uphold proper justice when the evidence is murky, most Security personnel will prefer an expedient application of Space Law rather than go through a (probably lengthy) trial process. You will most likely be ignored most of the time when requesting a trial, and will probably need to contact a higher authority, such as a Captain, a Magistrate or Central Command;
3) Trials are not a TV Show. Trials in-game are nothing like the ones commonly portrayed in Media, and most certainly are not trials by jury. You have the Prosecution and the Defense, and it is their job to ensure that the defendant is declared guilty or innocent, respectively. This decision will fall on the presiding Judge, who will most likely come with baggage themselves. Bottom line: this is Defense VS Prosecution where only tangible evidence matters, and nothing else.
When you sign up as a Lawyer, you need to be prepared for the possibility of sitting in your office with nothing to do for rounds at a time. Take heart, though, beleaguered defender of justice, for the few glorious moments in which others call upon you far, far outshine the dullness of the average shift.
DO: Hold a trial for someone accused of Attempted Murder, but lacking forensic evidence, with the defendant claiming exaggerated charges from Security and/or the victim;
DON’T: Hold a trial for someone the AI caught shooting the CMO in the face after emagging into their office.