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  • This house supports an increased use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Indian Criminal Justice System.

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    Artificial Intelligence in the legal system uses machine learning and predictive analytics to draw on legal proceedings. Uses may include, but are not limited to, reviewing evidence, issuing verdicts, and providing insights to the behavior of legal professionals.

    Debutant 9.0 Freshers APD 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-10-09

  • This house would prohibit religious proselytism in prisons

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    "Religious proselytism" is the act of attempting to convert individuals from one religion or belief system to another. This often involves sharing religious beliefs, practices, and teachings with the intent of persuading others to adopt them. Proselytism can occur through various means, such as preaching, missionary work, or personal conversations

    Waterloo Autumn HST · Round 5 · 2024-10-06

  • This house believes that China should use violent force to crackdown on organised crime in the Golden Triangle

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    The Golden Triangle is a hotbed of criminal activity at the border of Laos, China, Thailand, and Myanmar. It is one of the world's largest drug trafficking corridors both into and out of China, hosting scam centers, illegal gambling operations, and human trafficking dens. Most illicit activity is centered in a Special Economic Zone protected by Laos' government where large organised crime groups from Mainland China are allowed to operate casinos, some of which are rumored to have ties to high-ranking CCP officials. The Thai army polices the border both to curtail crime and to secure its territorial claim.

    Krabi ABP 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-10-05

  • This house, as the U.S., would focus on expanding policy that attempts to combat the supply channels of illegal drugs (e.g. reinforcing border controls, crackdowns on amateur labs) rather than expanding policy that attempts to combat their distribution (e.g. police entrance to areas of drug commerce, online tracking of interactions between dealers and buyers)

    Western Intervarsity 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-10-05

  • In countries with competitive national elections, This house supports the use of city council dismissals

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    City Council Dismissals (CCDs) allow the central government to replace local- government executives (e.g. mayors, councillors, etc.) they deem to be engaging in criminal activity, with experienced non-elected civil servants from a different region for the remainder of the original term.

    Krabi ABP 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-10-05

  • This house supports tough on crime laws when combatting organised criminal groups (e.g. gangs, Mafia organisations) *examples of tough on crime laws: mandatory jail sentences, stop and frisk policies, no-bail offences, higher penalties, etc.

    QatarDebate Open (BP) 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-10-04

  • The council regrets the use of a "war and conflict" approach in the regulation of handling and prevention of prohibited substances.

    Infoslide

    The perspective, approach, and terminology of "war and conflict" against prohibited substances (often called the War on Drugs) is a policy for handling prohibited substances that emphasizes eradication and criminalization. This policy was initially initiated by President Richard Nixon in the United States in 1971, then quickly became a standard pattern applied in other countries, including Indonesia, globally. Another regulatory policy approach that is often proposed as an alternative is a non-punitive humanist approach that focuses on rehabilitation efforts, harm reduction, targeting the root of social problems, and maximizing benefits.

    KDMI Tingkat Nasional 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-10-02

  • This council supports the intensification of the use of feminist perspectives as a main component in terrorism deradicalization efforts.

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    Feminism, in this debate, is defined as an approach that examines the roles of various genders, especially women and other gender minorities, in a social issue. In this debate, feminism can originate from the West, the East, or elsewhere. Deradicalization is a structured effort to reduce the rate of development and intensity of acts of terrorism, at local, national, regional, and global levels. Components of deradicalization include, but are not limited to, analysis of root causes, prevention of recruitment, efforts to reintegrate into society, and the development of counter-narratives.

    KDMI Tingkat Nasional 2024 · Semifinal Kategori Terbuka · 2024-10-02

  • This house prefers a world where PsychoPass is used in law enforcement.

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    PsychoPass is a system that monitors citizen’s brain biometrics and calculates the ‘Crime Coefficient’ – a number that is supposed to indicate one’s propensity to commit violent crime. The system can monitor how often an individual thinks about committing a violent crime. The Crime Coefficient can increase and decrease - for example, if someone thinks about committing violent crime frequently one day, their Crime Coefficient will go up, but if they do not do so at all the next day, it will decrease. When someone’s Crime Coefficient crosses an accepted threshold, authorities will be alerted and this individual can be apprehended. In addition, police officers’ weapons are equipped with Crime Coefficient scanners which show any target’s Crime Coefficient in real time. For the purposes of the debate, the PsychoPass can only measure propensity to violent crime (rather than any other crimes, or any unrelated thoughts or emotions), and law enforcement cannot fabricate or alter anyone's Crime Coefficient in any way.

    UCLA IV 2024 · Partial Quarterfinals · 2024-09-28

  • THO the arrest of Telegram's CEO

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    Telegram is a social media and messaging platform which uses an extremely secure encryption network. Telegram's CEO, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France on November 18. The arrest is part of an ongoing criminal investigation led by French authorities. The inquiry focuses on allegations regarding Telegram’s role in facilitating criminal activities through its platform. Critics claim the platform’s encryption and limited moderation have been exploited for illegal purposes.

    Penn Pre-WUDC 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-09-24

  • This house supports the continued rise of Unexplained Wealth Orders in combating money laundering.

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    Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWO) are tools utilized by governments in Canada and the UK to combat money laundering by placing the onus of proving where the money is from to the person instead of the government proving the money is laundered (Guilty until proven innocent). The government does not have to prove that the accused person committed a crime and these orders are ruled by civil courts. As a result the burden of proof is not beyond reasonable doubt (they 99% chance did it) but reasonable grounds to believe (they probably did it). The government can seize the wealth if the person cannot prove its origin.

    Counterfactual HST 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-09-21

  • This house would significantly re-allocate funding from police systems to community-based intervention programs (e.g. identifying young men susceptible to gun violence and providing them with cognitive-behavioral therapy; hands-off strategies involving initiatives like training 911 call receivers or engaging local community members to intervene in conflicts before they escalate into violence).

    Princeton IV 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-09-21

  • This house, as the NRA, supports the trend of punishing parents whose children misuse firearms owned by them

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    Earlier in 2024, Jennifer Crumbley was convicted on four counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each of the Michigan high school students her son, Ethan Crumbley murdered in 2021. Colin Gray, father of the Apalachee high school shooter in Georgia, Colt Gray, also faces felony charges for the 2 students murdered. The National Rifle Association (NRA) in the US, is a prominent gun rights advocacy group, and has lobbied extensively against gun control regulations, upholding the individual right to own firearms for lawful purposes, including self defense under the 2nd Amendment.

    Malaysian National Schools British Parliamentary Debating Championship 2024 · Semi Finals · 2024-09-21