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  • This house supports the use of predictive technology in policing.

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    Predictive technology in policing uses data analysis and algorithms to predict potential criminal activity. It relies on large datasets, including historical crime data, geographic information, and social behavior patterns, to forecast where crimes are likely to happen or who is at risk of offending or becoming a victim.

    CUSID High School Nationals 2024 · Junior Finals · 2024-08-17

  • This house would ban plea bargains.

    Infoslide

    A plea bargain is an agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and the defendant, where the defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser charge, or to one of multiple charges, in exchange for some concession from the prosecutor. This concession might include a reduced sentence, the dismissal of other charges, or a recommendation for a lighter penalty.

    UT MARA Interschool Debating Championship 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-08-17

  • This house would allow political crimes to be pardoned by national referendum

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of the debate, political crimes are crimes committed in order to harm the state, state's government, or political system of a state. Examples include treason, sedition, and espionage.

    DTU Monsoons 2024 · Round 5 · 2024-08-16

  • This house would only punish criminals if their actions are not in line with the action shown by the machine

    Infoslide

    There is a machine that objectively and quickly determines what actions individuals would take if they were placed in a specific real-life situation. For the purposes of this debate, the machine can get all the relevant context of this situation and it will produce accurate results, which represent the action that most individuals would do in a given context. For example, a person is homeless and stole an apple from a grocery shop. The machine would then extract the context from the said person's action. It would run a simulation, and if the majority of the people, when put in the exact same situation, would "choose" to steal from a grocery shop to feed themselves given the context, the machine would show that result. The majority of the population believes in the objectivity and accuracy of the machine.

    DTU Monsoons 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-08-16

  • This house supports citizens becoming "Batman" where law enforcement is systematically failing

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    For the purposes of this debate; in many developing states where the violent crime rate is exceptionally high; a social media trend has started where citizens who are not part of law enforcement are becoming “Batman”. As “Batman”, the citizens can be hired by their communities to carry out extra- judicial law enforcement. Police forces usually are not present in these areas or turn a blind eye to “Batman's” actions.

    North-West Open 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-08-11

  • In contexts where there is mistrust in police institutions, this house prefers the centralized model over the decentralized model of the police."

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    For the purposes of this debate, there are two models of police organization: The centralized model grants considerable power to the national police authority and establishes a hierarchical system with regional and local police headquarters. The decentralized model grants greater flexibility and decision-making power to local headquarters, with the central authorities responsible for establishing basic agreements.

    Mundial Escolar de Debate 2024 · Cuartos de Final · 2024-08-10

  • This house would kill Batman

    Infoslide

    You are a street gang leader in the city of Gotham. One day on your way home, you find Batman, injured, passed out and defenseless in an alley

    Humour IV 2024 · Funny Semifinals · 2024-08-09

  • The parliament supports the use of an inquisitorial judicial system instead of the adversarial system.

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    The adversarial court system is a legal framework where both the plaintiff and the defendant contend their case through lawyers. Lawyers aim to win by presenting evidence and witnesses in favor of their case and by making arguments. The role of the judge is limited to ensuring justice and interpreting the law. Examples of this system include Bangladesh, the United Kingdom, India, Brazil, and South Africa. In contrast, the inquisitory court system is a method where the judge plays an active role in investigating the case, alongside or without the lawyers, and in presenting evidence. In this system, judges are very active; they interrogate witnesses and directly examine evidence. Examples of this system include France, Italy, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Egypt.

    3rd Noiayeek Nationals 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-08-09

  • This house would require defendants in criminal trials to be represented exclusively by public defenders

    Infoslide

    Public defenders are lawyers employed by the government to represent defendants in criminal trial. Currently, public defenders are usually only given to defendants who cannot afford or opt out of private legal assistance.

    Ho Chi Minh Debate Open 2024 · Novice Semifinals · 2024-08-03

  • In the case of juvenile crime, This house believes that criminal records should be expunged after reaching the age of majority.

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    Expungement involves treating criminal records as thought they never existed. An expunged record is physically and digitally destroyed, and all documents in relation to the arrest, detention, and sentencing must be permanently deleted.

    Ho Chi Minh Debate Open 2024 · Quarterfinals · 2024-08-03

  • This house would ban the use of faith-based rehabilitation in prisons

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    Faith-based rehabilitation programs are activities that integrate religious practices into the recovery process of its targets. Examples include spiritual guidance, masses, etc.

    Ho Chi Minh Debate Open 2024 · Novice Semifinals · 2024-08-03

  • In post-colonial societies, This house believes that local intellectuals who produced knowledge that justifies colonial presence (e.g., scholars whose lectures taught colonization was a path to modernity or artists who encouraged people to partake in colonial expansion) should be tried and punished as war criminals.

    East Malaysia Open 2024 · Quarter Final · 2024-08-02

  • This House Prefers a Common Law system over a Civil Law system

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    In Common Law systems (e.g. UK, US, India, New Zealand) judges interpret legislation within the context of specific cases and create new legal principles that form precedents for future rulings. Common Law systems are adversarial, such that lawyers of opposing parties advocate for a case, and judges act as a non-interventionist arbiter. In a Civil Law system (e.g. France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan) laws are primarily codified in legislation by the government, leaving limited room for judicial interpretation. Civil Law systems are inquisitorial, such that while lawyers of opposing parties present the case, judges take a more active role in investigating the case, gathering evidence, and questioning witnesses. Juries can exist in both systems.

    Glasgow European Universities Debating Championships 2024 · Partial Octofinals · 2024-07-31

  • Assuming feasibility, This house would opt for the System.

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    The Sibyl System is a nationalized technological system used to calculate an individual’s tendencies to commit crimes. The System’s primary purpose is to maintain law and order. The System scans a person's thoughts and emotions to determine their propensity to commit crimes. This is quantified in the form of a crime coefficient – the higher the coefficient, the more likely the person will commit a crime, and vice versa. Law enforcement is only able to arrest you and trigger weapons when the System reads that the individual's crime coefficient reading is over the threshold limit. Every citizen in the country is compulsorily injected with the system upon birth.

    Intertext Pro Ams 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-07-27