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+ | ====== The Lex Gasgana ====== | ||
+ | ==== Overview ==== | ||
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+ | Based on a Code of Law developed by a sage, Peter Gasgano, the Lex Gasgana defines a list of crimes, a list of punishments and gives guidance on how they should be applied. | ||
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+ | However, the framework is limited and every nation should issue a Legal Charter to define their moral and philosophical stance. | ||
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+ | ==== Crimes ==== | ||
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+ | ^ **Crimes against the Person** | ||
+ | |Public Insult|Name Calling, Libel, Defamation, Slander. | | ||
+ | |Assault|Pushing, | ||
+ | |Wounding|An assault with weapons that causes physical wounds | | ||
+ | |Kidnap|Includes wrongful imprisonment and similar crimes. | | ||
+ | |Rape| - | | ||
+ | |Killing|Unintentional killing | | ||
+ | |Murder|Deliberate killing | | ||
+ | ^ **Crimes against property** | ||
+ | |Housebreaking|Entering someone' | ||
+ | |Theft|Taking something that isn't yours. | | ||
+ | |Arson|Burning something that isn't yours | | ||
+ | |Damage done to Crops| - | | ||
+ | |Injuring or killing Animals| - | | ||
+ | ^ **Crimes against Society** | ||
+ | |Public Disorder|Anything from swearing in church to urinating in the street | | ||
+ | |Threatening Behaviour|Threats of Violence | | ||
+ | |Affray| Mass public disorder – Street Fights, Riots etc | | ||
+ | |Tax Evasion| - | | ||
+ | |Non-Appearance at a court| - | | ||
+ | |Perjury| - | | ||
+ | |Oath Breaking| - | | ||
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+ | ==== Punishment ==== | ||
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+ | ^ **Punishments** | ||
+ | |1|Restitution|Repayment of value of item stolen. Public Apology. Etc | | ||
+ | |2|Compensation|Extra payment to the victim for trouble caused (cash, labour, hiring a bard to apologise) | | ||
+ | |3|Community work|Minor work carried out, unsupervised, | ||
+ | |4|Fine|Normally Cash – paid to the court, state as a penalty. | | ||
+ | |5|Stocks|Public Humiliation - put on public display along with details of the offence. | ||
+ | |6|Flogging|Corporal Punishment – normally up to a dozen lashes. | ||
+ | ^ Punishments below this line should only be handed out by a Senior Magistrate. | ||
+ | |7|Indenture|Contracted to an employer for a fixed period (often years) paid a minimal wage while the rest goes to meet fines, compensation etc. However, the punishment allows the convict to live with their family, albeit in very poor conditions. | | ||
+ | |8|Hard Labour|The closest we get to prison. Mainly for debtors we don't trust. | ||
+ | |9|Branding|Last Chance Saloon. | ||
+ | |10|Exile|Stay out of the land. Even setting foot here is worth the death penalty. | | ||
+ | |11|Death Penalty|Normally by Sword or Axe. | | ||
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+ | Notes: | ||
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+ | ==== Guidance ==== | ||
+ | Give careful thought to the crime that you try an offender for. Sometimes more than one crime has been committed at the same time; the mugger who knocks a man to the floor and steals their purse has committed assault and theft. Sometimes there might be three, four or even more crimes to be considered. | ||
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+ | Your primary role is not to punish a criminal, but to heal the harm that has been done to the community and discourage any repeat performance. | ||
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+ | Community Service might be more appropriate than a fine, for a peasant or young person. | ||
+ | You can stack punishments as well. A suitable penalty for a youth who steals a loaf of bread as a first offence might be an apology and community work. For a hardened pickpocket, it might be restitution, | ||
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+ | Indenture, Hard Labour, Branding, Exile and the Death Penalty should only be handed out by a senior magistrate as they are either severe or cannot be appealed. However, a branded criminal who is killed during the prevention of a crime, will be considered to be a legal application of the death penalty. |