Justice and Law in Disraeliland
The Confederate States of Disraeliland has a highly decentralised government structure, with most offences proscribed by the State governments. With the exception of military offences, the Federal Code contains treason, piracy (which includes airline hijackings), breach of contract, defrauding the Confederacy, purjury (to a Federal Court, or to Parliament), contempt (in a Federal Court, or Parliament), currency crimes, and banking crimes.
The ten states, and the Port Arenas Federal Territory all have similar punishments for most crimes. The five states governed by the Constitutional Republican Party all have the death penalty for murder, and rape, as does the state of North Disraeliland (governed by the Disraeliland Conservative Party, and the states of Richmond, and Salisbury (both governed by the Disraeliland Labour Party).
Most states, and the Federal Government include asset forfeiture for crimes against property (double the value of property in question). If a criminal's assets are not sufficient, the criminal goes into indentured servitude until the debt is discharged. For the commission of bodily harm, asset forfeiture is double the medical costs for the victim's recovery, and as before, if the criminal's assets are insufficient, the criminal goes into indentured servitude.
Disraeliland has no laws against blackmail, unless the blackmailer is concealing a crime (i.e. the blackmailer threatens to inform the police of a crime unless the blackmailee complies with his terms).
The Death Penalty
The following jurisdictions use the death penalty
- The Federal Government (firing squad, lethal injection)
- The Port Arenas Federal Territory (firing squad, lethal injection)
- The State of Pakington (hanging)
- The State of Richmond (lethal injection)
- The State of Salisbury
- The State of North Disraeliland
- The State of Beaconsfield
- The State of South Disraeliland
- The State of Marlborough
- The State of Northcote
Crime & Punishment
- Treason = Minimum: 25 years, Maximum: Death (High Treason); Minimum: 10 years, Maximum: Death (Espionage)
- First-degree murder = Minimum: 25 years, Maximum: Death
- Second-degree murder = Minimum: 20 years, Maximum: Death
- Manslaughter = Minimum: 10 years, Maximum: 25 years
- Hit-and-run = Up to 7 years imprisonment, asset forfeiture/indentured servitude (non-fatality); As for manslaughter (fatality)
- Tax evasion = Asset forfeiture/indentured servitude
- Shoplifting = Asset forfeiture/indentured servitude
- Pickpocketing = Asset forfeiture/indentured servitude
- Vandalism = Forced to clean all damage, Asset forfeiture/indentured servitude
- Rape = Minimum: 25 years, Maximum: Death
- Non-rape sexual abuse = Minimum: 25 years, Maximum: Life
- Theft of private property = Asset forfeiture/indentured servitude
- Physical assault (no weapon) = Asset forfeiture/indentured servitude for medical costs, 50 lashes
- Assault with a deadly weapon = Asset forfeiture/indentured servitude for medical costs, 100 lashes
- Kidnapping = 25 Years to Life Imprisonment, Asset forfeiture/indentured servitude for medical costs (in the case of injury)
- Leading a riot = 4 years imprisonment
- Participating in a riot = 1 year imprisonment
- Breaking and entering = Asset forfeiture/indentured servitude, plus 50 lashes
- Fraud = Asset forfeiture/indentured servitude, plus 100 lashes
- Non-sexual child abuse = Minimum: 10 years, Maximum: Life
- Animal abuse = Minimum: 10 years, Maximum: Life
- Bestialty = Minimum: 10 years, Maximum: Life, plus 50 lashes
- Pedophilia = Minimum: 25 years, Maximum: Life, plus 200 lashes
- Promoting public unrest/disorder = Minimum: 2 years, Maximum: 7, plus 10-100 lashes
- Littering = Fine of $50-300
- Speeding = Fine of between $300-2000, plus suspension of license from 3 months, to life
- Driving through a red light = Fine of between $300-2000, plus suspension of license from 3 months, to life
- Indecent exposure = 50 lashes
- Counterfeiting money = Asset forfeiture/indentured servitude
