Law and Crime in Zealandia

Zealandian Bill of Rights

1.     Right to freedom of speech, press and assembly

2.     Right to a trial by Jury, and that trial being a speedy and public one.

3.     Right to petition the government (initiative)

4.     Right to bear arms

5.     Right against search and seizure without a warrant (unless probable cause is determined) and right against the quartering of soldiers on private property.

6.     Right to an attorney

7.     No person, as long as they have not committed a crime, can be placed under public or private slavery or bondage.

These are the rights of all free Zealandian citizens. Non-citizens, resident aliens, and people who have been convicted of a crime do not receive the benefits of any of these rights. All prisoners have their rights revoked once they are convicted, and non-citizens are never granted these rights. Any person convicted of a crime or any person who is not a Zealandian citizen and is found guilty of a crime will not only fail to go through due process, but any and all punishments on him or her may be harsher.

For any crime, no “bail money” exists, and all criminals must serve their allotted time in prison no matter their wealth or connections.

In Zealandia, the death penalty is awarded in extreme cases, and can be administered through hanging, firing squad, electrocution or lethal injection. About 9 people on average are executed in Zealandia

Law and Crime

·   Premeditated, intentional murder, homicide: Life in prison or the death penalty in all cases.

·  Terrorism, acts of mass destruction: Death sentence in all cases.

·   Treason: 20 years in prison minimum, death penalty maximum

·    Assault, Rape: 15 years minimum, max, death sentence

·      Robbery: minimum 1 years prison, maximum, life sentence

·      Arson: minimum 1 years prison, maximum, life sentence

·      Counterfeiting: minimum 5 years in prison, maximum 40 years

·      Vandalism: minimum of heavy fines, maximum 5 years in prison

·      Kidnapping: min 20 years, max life in prison

·      Drug Possession: minimum 30 days, max 35 years

·      Fraud, money laundering, embezzlement: minimum 5 years, max life in prison.

·      Poaching: non-endangered=heavy fines to 2 years---Endangered= 5 years to life in prison in certain areas.

·      Child Endangerment: minimum of heavy fines

·      Animal Abuse: minimum of heavy fines

Penal Conditions

Inmates convicted of a crime in Zealandia are forced to participate in labor programs. All prisoners, whether they’re sentenced to 2 years or life will participate in some kind of penal labor. Prisoners are often forced to do work decent people don’t want to do, like…..

o   Graffiti removal

o   Brick Manufacturing

o   Cotton Husking

o   Ditch digging

o   Deep-shaft mining

o   Garbage cleanup

o   Waste facility work