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  • This house supports the use of COMPAS

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    COMPAS(Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions) is a computer program that helps judges make decisions, like whether someone should go to jail, get bail, or be closely watched. It uses a set of questions to look at things like a person’s age, past crimes, and social background. Then, it gives a score showing how likely it is that the person might commit another crime. This score is used as an important tool to help judges make their decisions.

    HYDS x SDS BP RT 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-10-11

  • This house, as an elderly woman in a vulnerable situation in Japan, would commit minor offenses in order to be arrested.

    Infoslide

    In Japan, women’s prisons have a high standard of infrastructure and offer free medical care, regular meals, and programs for communal living. Work is mandatory, but it is adjusted to the limitations and needs of elderly inmates.

    IV UFMG Open · Rodada 1 · 2025-10-10

  • This house believes that football clubs should actively disassociate from their 'Ultras'

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    In club football, 'Ultras' refer to a long-standing group of institutional fans renowned for their fanatical support. They are membership-based organizations that aim to create an atmosphere which intimidates opposing teams/fans through the use of verbal support, flares, banners etc. In some cases, Ultras have been associated with violent altercations with rival fans during games. While Ultras are not directly associated with the football club, they organize meetings with the staff/coaches and have reserved seats in stadiums. Many Ultras also engage in political activism across the spectrum. Examples include Indonesian club Persebaya's Ultras (the Bonek) campaigning against FIFA corruption, Turkish club Beşiktaş’ “Çarşı”protesting against president Erdogan's repression and Inter Milan's Curva Nord supporting right- wing Italian politics.

    MPSC Nationals 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-10-09

  • In cases of graft and corruption, THP the standard of proof to be "Proof to the Satisfaction of the Court" instead of "Beyond Reasonable Doubt"

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    In Philippine graft and plunder cases, the standard of proof is beyond reasonable doubt, meaning the court must be firmly convinced of the accused’s guilt. An alternative standard, used in some jurisdictions, is proof to the satisfaction of the court, where the court evaluates whether the evidence sufficiently establishes wrongdoing, allowing more judicial discretion.

    Kontra-Korap Cup · Quarterfinals · 2025-10-01

  • This House, as Macbeth, Would kill King Duncan

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    You are Macbeth, a Scottish Lord in the Middle Ages. You are renowned for your courage and military talent: indeed, you have recently crushed a rebellion against King Duncan by other Scottish Lords. One night, while you are out on a walk, three witches appear to you in a flash of thunder and lightning, and tell you that you will become King. You tell your wife, Lady Macbeth, about this. She argues that you should murder King Duncan in his sleep when he comes to visit you in your castle next week, in order to become King and fulfil the witches’ prophecy.

    Dulwich Schools 2025 · Novice Final · 2025-09-28

  • In western liberal democracies, This House Opposes governments prosecuting individuals for online hate speech

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    For the purposes of this debate, 'hate speech' is a public statement by which a person, or a group of people, is severely threatened, insulted, or degraded based on characteristics such as their skin colour, national or ethnic origin, religious belief, or political views. Some western liberal democracies (such as the UK, Ireland, Canada, Germany, and Denmark) have laws that make 'hate speech' a criminal offence. People whom the authorities believe have committed hate speech can be prosecuted for their actions (i.e., can be convicted of having committed a crime, and punished).

    Dulwich Schools 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-09-28

  • TH, as a middle-class individual living in a moral credit society, would sell their moral credits.

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    Moral credits refer to a currency obtained when an individual commits morally- upright actions (e.g. donating to charities, organ donation, etc). Moral credits can only either be obtained from the state or bought from another person. Individuals can then spend these moral credits on a range of morally- questionable actions (e.g. theft, murder, etc.), without legal or societal repercussions. These moral credits can be sold and everyone's moral credit scores can be viewed.

    CranesTrials25 online · Round 3 · 2025-09-23

  • This house opposes plea bargaining for violent crimes

    Infoslide

    Plea bargaining is when the accused makes a deal with the prosecutor i.e. they plead guilty in return for benefits like fewer charges and/or a lighter punishment such as shorter prison time, community service, etc.

    Shanghai WSDC Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-09-12

  • This house believes that Singapore should re-introduce the jury system for capital offences

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    For the purposes of this debate, the jury system refers to a sworn body of randomly selected adult citizens (jurors) in criminal courts who are convened to hear evidence, make findings of fact, and render an impartial verdict officially submitted to the court, or to set a penalty for the offender. The jury system was imported into Singapore under colonial rule. In 1960, Singapore restricted jury trial to capital offences (i.e., offences that are punishable by death), and abolished the system altogether in 1970.

    Youth Debate Open 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-09-08

  • This house supports granting the International Criminal Court expanded jurisdiction over third-party suppliers and supporters of military operations that are later found to involve war crimes

    Infoslide

    Third-party suppliers and supporters of military operations may include a wide range of actors. These can include arms manufacturers and exporters who provide weapons and ammunition; companies that supply military technologies such as surveillance tools, targeting software, or satellite imagery; logistics firms that transport troops, weapons, or supplies; private security contractors offering intelligence or strategic support; and financial institutions that fund or insure military activities. Support may also come from foreign governments or non-state actors who offer training, funding, or other forms of assistance. In many cases, these actors are not directly involved in combat but contribute materially or operationally to the functioning of a military campaign. While international criminal law sometimes attributes liability to such actors under doctrines like aiding and abetting, this typically requires a high threshold of intent or knowledge regarding specific crimes.

    Cambridge Union Schools Debating Championship Australia New Zealand Round 2025 · Grand-final · 2025-08-30

  • This house believes that the gang member is more likely than the computer software executive to be the mayor’s murderer

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    Redwater is a high-crime city with a major gang presence. This morning, Redwater’s mayor was found dead, stabbed repeatedly inside the house he’d lived in for years. For this debate, the mayor’s murderer is one of these two suspects: Suspect 1: A member of the city’s largest, most notorious gang. The mayor campaigned on aggressively cracking down on the gang. During the mayor’s two months in office, Redwater’s police department arrested hundreds of gang members and seized millions of dollars' worth of illegal drugs from the gang. Suspect 2: The chief executive of a midsize computer software company that’s headquartered in the city. The computer software executive and the mayor were friends for many years, but their friendship became increasingly fraught after the mayor took office. Two days before the murder, the mayor told the executive he'd cancel the city’s multi-million-dollar contract with the software company and strongly recommend that the city's chief prosecutor open a criminal investigation into the executive for felony tax evasion. The day before the murder, the mayor publicly condemned the executive as “greedy and corrupt,” but at the time of the murder, he hadn't yet canceled the contract or recommended the criminal investigation to the chief prosecutor. Details about the crime: - The mayor’s body was stabbed several times in the chest and neck. The coroner estimates that the mayor, who bled to death in minutes, likely died between 12:15 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. - CCTV footage from across the street shows a car pulling into the house’s driveway at 12:02 a.m. and leaving at 12:14 a.m. The footage shows one unidentifiable person exiting the vehicle and entering the house. - The house’s on-duty bodyguard was found dead with a single gunshot to the back of the head. - The computer software executive did not pay the gang member, or any other criminal, to kill the mayor. Alibis: - The gang member claims he was at a local restaurant from around 11 p.m. to around 1 a.m. the night of the murder. Although the restaurant's cameras were off the whole night, several other gang members at the restaurant confirmed his alibi to the police, as did the restaurant’s head chef. - The computer software executive first told police he was asleep, at home, the night of the murder. He later told police he was stressed out preparing for an upcoming business meeting for most of the night.

    Drexel Pre-WUDC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-08-23