Criminal Laws
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Section 1 - Enforcement
- 1.1 - (For gameplay reasons) The absence of a specific crime from the Code does not necessarily indicate its legalization.
Section 2 - Offenses Against the Person
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Homicide
- 2.1 - A person commits homicide when they cause or attempt to cause the death of another human.
- 2.2 - Except as provided in (2.3.2), a person commits murder when they commit homicide
- 2.2.1 - purposely; or
- 2.2.2 - extremely indifferently to the value of human life.
- 2.3 - A person commits manslaughter when they commit homicide
- 2.3.1 - recklessly; or
- 2.3.2 - under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance.
- 2.4 - A person commits negligent homicide when they commit homicide by way of negligence.
- 2.5 - Murder shall be classified as an A-class felony, manslaughter shall be classified as a B-class felony, and negligent homicide shall be classified as a C-class felony.
Assault
- 2.6 - A person commits assault when they cause, attempt to cause, or create reasonable fear of physical harm to another.
- 2.7 - A person commits battery when an assault is committed
- 2.7.1 - purposely; or
- 2.7.2 - recklessly.
- 2.8 - A person commits aggravated battery when an assault is committed
- 2.8.1 - that results in serious bodily harm; or
- 2.8.2 - with a deadly weapon.
- 2.9 - Assault shall be classified as a misdemeanor, battery shall be classified as a D-class felony, and aggravated battery shall be classified as a B-class felony.
False Imprisonment
- 2.10 - A person commits false imprisonment when they restrain the liberty of another without lawful cause.
- 2.11 - A person commits wrongful detainment when they commit false imprisonment with an unreasonable suspicion of a crime.
- 2.12 - A person commits kidnapping when they commit false imprisonment for the purpose of
- 2.12.1 - leverage; or
- 2.12.2 - facilitation of another crime.
- 2.13 - A person commits aggravated false imprisonment when they, acting under their powers as a law enforcement officer, commit false imprisonment for the purpose of
- 2.13.1 - harassment; or
- 2.13.2 - intimidation; or
- 2.13.3 - physical harm; or
- 2.13.4 - any other knowingly criminal act.
- 2.14 - False imprisonment shall be classified as an E-class felony, wrongful detainment shall be classified as a D-class felony, kidnapping shall be classified as a B-class felony, and aggravated false imprisonment shall be classified as a B-class felony.
Hate Crimes
- 2.15 - Violence against people based on gender or sexuality will be defined as a hate crime under a class A felony [2].
Section 3 - Offenses Against Property
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Trespass
- 3.1 - A person criminally trespasses when they
- 3.1.1 - enter or remain in a non-abandoned building or part of a building where a reasonable person would not enter; or
- 3.1.2 - enter or remain in a non-abandoned building or part of a building against the known wishes of the legal occupants; or
- 3.1.3 - enter or remain without permission in an outdoor area which is occupied by its owner or fenced off and adjacent to a building.
- 3.2 - A person commits burglary when they criminally trespass with the intent to commit an additional crime.
- 3.3 - Criminal trespass shall be classified as a misdemeanor and burglary shall be classified as a D-class felony.
Theft
- 3.4 - A person commits theft when they
- 3.4.1 - intentionally deprive a person of their property; or
- 3.4.2 - intentionally deprive a person of their reasonably expected payment or service.
- 3.5 - Theft is a C-class felony, except in cases where the value of stolen items is insignificant to the deprived person’s annual income, in which case it is a misdemeanor.
Fraud
- 3.6 - A person commits fraud when they, acting under a false premise, deprive another of their property or reasonably expected payment or service.
- 3.7 - A person commits aggravated fraud when they
- 3.7.1 - commit fraud in such a manner to that the deprivation of property, payment, or service is significant to the deprived entity's income; or
- 3.7.2 - commit fraud over the internet, through the mail, through the newspaper, or through any other manner designed to reach a large number of people.
- 3.8 - Fraud shall be classified as an E-class felony and aggravated fraud shall be classified as a C-class felony.
Section 4 - Offenses Against the State
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Bribery
- 4.1 - A person commits bribery when they offer, agree to offer, solicit, accept, or agree to accept any benefit as consideration for the recipient's decision, vote, recommendation or other exercise of official discretion.
- 4.2 - Bribery shall be classified as a C-class felony.
Perjury
- 4.3 - A person commits perjury when, under oath of affirmation, they knowingly make a false statement.
- 4.4 - Perjury shall be classified as an E-class felony.
Treason
- 4.5 - A person commits treason when they aid, attempt to aid, or plan to aid the enemies of the state or explicitly invalidate, attempt to invalidate, or plan to invalidate the rule of law.
- 4.6 - Treason shall be classified as an A-class felony.
Forgery
- 4.7 - A person commits forgery when they solicit, knowingly possess, or knowingly use a falsified document.
- 4.8 - A person commits counterfeit when they solicit, produce, sell, knowingly possess, or knowingly use a falsified currency.
- 4.9 - A person commits aggravated forgery when they
- 4.9.1 - commit forgery for the purpose of committing a felony; or
- 4.9.2 - commit forgery for the purpose of evading legal arrest; or
- 4.9.3 - sell or produce a falsified document.
- 4.10 - Forgery shall be classified as an E-class felony, counterfeit shall be classified as a C-class felony, and aggravated forgery shall be classified as a C-class felony.
Espionage
- 4.11 - A person commits espionage when they release, attempt to release, or plan to release classified protected state information without legal cause.
- 4.12 - State information is only considered protected if it does not contain
- 4.12.1 - information or evidence implicating the state or state official(s) in a violation of constitutional rights; or
- 4.12.2 - information or evidence implicating the state or state official(s) in a massive subversion of transparency; or
- 4.12.3 - information or evidence implicating the state or state official(s) in a violation of the Modern Criminal Code, 675.
- 4.13 - Espionage is a C-class felony.
Section 5 - Felony Classifications
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- 5.1 - An A-class felony is punishable by 20-100 years in prison.
- 5.2 - A B-class felony is punishable by 10-30 years in prison.
- 5.3 - A C-class felony is punishable by 5-15 years in prison.
- 5.4 - A D-class felony is punishable by 2-7 years in prison.
- 5.5 - An E-class felony is punishable by 1-3 years in prison.
- 5.6 - A misdemeanor is punishable by at most 1 year in prison.
- 5.7 - Parole is available in all cases after
- 5.7.1 - half of the sentence has been served; or
- 5.7.2 - 15 years of the sentence has been served, whichever is lesser.