Bill: Vote Assault-Murder Rebalance Act

[xSyncx]

A
BILL
To

Amend the Violent Offences Act​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the 'Assault-Murder Rebalance Act.'
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored by xSyncx.
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by MathTech

2 - Reasons
(1) Attempted Murder currently has a lower punishment than assault despite it having a higher damage threshold.
(2) Murder has the same fine as assault despite a significant difference in severity. The 5 minute jail time difference is negligible with the prison mine system.

3 - Section 5 of the Violent Offences Act shall be amended from:
(1) Assault (Original: Icypenguin79 - Feb 21, 2021)
(i) Classification: Summary Criminal Offense
The act of hitting a player, causing a loss of no more than 3 hearts; or putting them in a place of danger (such as pointing a weapon at them).
Per Offense: $100 Fine + 5 Minutes Jail Time

(2) Attempted Murder (Original: Icypenguin79 - Feb 21, 2021)
(i) Classification: Summary Criminal Offense
The act of repetitively hitting a player, causing a loss of more than 3 hearts. This crime overrides Assault.
Per Offense: $75 Fine + 5 Minutes Jail Time

(7) Murder (Original: LilDigiVert - Dec 4, 2021)
(i) Classification: Summary Criminal Offense
The act of unlawfully killing another player. This law overrides attempted murder, assault, and trespassing.
Per Offence: $100 fine + 10 minutes jail time

To:

(1) Assault (Original: Icypenguin79 - Feb 21, 2021)
(i) Classification: Summary Criminal Offense
The act of hitting a player, causing a loss of no more than 3 hearts; or putting them in a place of danger (such as pointing a weapon at them).
Per Offence: $75 Fine + 5 Minutes Jail Time

(2) Attempted Murder (Original: Icypenguin79 - Feb 21, 2021)
(i) Classification: Summary Criminal Offense
The act of repetitively hitting a player, causing a loss of more than 3 hearts. This crime overrides Assault.
Per Offence: $100 Fine + 5 Minutes Jail Time

(7) Murder (Original: LilDigiVert - Dec 4, 2021)
(i) Classification: Summary Criminal Offense
The act of unlawfully killing another player. This crime overrides attempted murder, assault, and trespassing.
Per Offence: $150 fine + 10 minutes jail time