Criminal Procedure and Rights of the Accused Act
Bill Identifier: 20260318-0
Summary: Article 1: The basic right to notice.1: Any user who is under suspicion of a crime, is removed from a server before a trial, or is banned because of breaking a specific teen government law must b...
Raw Contents:
Article 1: The basic right to notice.
1: Any user who is under suspicion of a crime, is removed from a server before a trial, or is banned because of breaking a specific teen government law must be given a “Notice”.
2: This notice must be in the following format “You have been removed from teen government servers until trial, this is because of breaking {X}, for any questions contact the current plaintiff {Y}”.
3: If a user fails to receive a notice their rights will be considered infringed and they may argue for the banning to be unlawful, though this may be vetoed by the Council (⅔ vote)
Article 2: 24 hour rule
1: A user with the abilities to time someone out may time anyone out for a time period under 24 hours without restriction as long as it is a lawful removal.
2: If the banning is longer than 24 hours article 1 must apply.
3: If the banning is under 24 hours then rule 1 is irrelevant and this renders it null.
Article 3: Right to counsel
1: If a user requests a lawyer, they must receive a lawyer.
2: If a user requests a lawyer and none are available the suspect may waive their right for a speedy trial to receive a lawyer whenever one is available.
3: If no lawyers are capable of representing the user for a week after the trial was originally scheduled then this right is waived.
4: If a user requests a lawyer and none is provided, without rule 3, applying then the user may request a mistrial under this article.
Article 4: Public Trials.
1: All trials must occur on a public server with any user available.
2: If a user is disruptive to the trial proceedings then they may be removed.
3: A prosecutor or defendant may request a private trial. This is only visible under the circumstance of doxing, harassment, or in the case information of this trial may harm one of the users. If this takes into place than no news article is legally allowed to cover the case.
4: Under the circumstance rule 3 takes into place, a gag order is given, preventing anyone from speaking about the contents of the proceedings.
5: If a user violates Article 4, section 4, they are to face trial, and will receive a minimum of a week suspension from all teen government servers if found guilty.
6: News agencies may report on the trial occurring, but may not leak information in it, restricted by the gag order as well.
Article 5: Standard of proof.
1: For a judge to accept evidence, the evidence must be, beyond a reasonable doubt, true. Screenshot, admittance, or other confirmation the evidence is true.
2: Under the circumstance false information is added to the official evidence the trial is to be declared a mistrial.
Article 6: Double jeopardy
1: A user cannot be considered for the same crime twice. (As long as it doesn’t fall under 2)
2: A user may be tried under the same crime under the following: The previous trial was considered a mistrial, the defendant filed an appeal, or the judge failed to abide by the Judicial recusal and ethics act. (This should have been considered a mistrial to begin with, yet, for clarification, it also falls under this law)
Article 7: Habeas Corpus
1: A user who is currently banned from any teen government servers may formally request a Habeas Corpus.
2: Under the circumstances that a Habeas Corpus is requested, a member of the high court officials of the trial must give a formal explanation of the ban.
3: To avoid abuse of this system, a Habeas Corpus can only be filed once under every court case, but elaboration may be asked for (This can be denied)
Article 8: Ex post facto
1: Every article stated in this may only affect trials that are filed after the day this passes (Should be March 18th, 2026, if it does pass)
The entirety of this is meant for clarification and to grant rights to citizens
New format, hopefully it makes sense.'
Status: Passed
Metadata
Internal ID: 197Bill proposed(Unix Epoch): 1773794796
Proposer: Trickster-123
Original link: https://www.reddit.com/r/TeenGovernment/comments/1rwp715/criminal_procedure_and_rights_of_the_accused_act
Approval admin:
Approval link: https://www.reddit.com/r/TeenGovernment/comments/1ryx3vs/the_eighteenth_transparency_post_of_my_tenure/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
ARPD-Curator: API
History
- 3/22/2026, 4:43:32 PM: Updated bill