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SimDemocracy’s Inferior Court has opened up the courtroom for Discord Supervisor Hackerman and Ex-Secretary of Treasury Logry’s abuse of power trial. The two of them allegedly added soundboard sounds to the discord server some time ago without legal permission. The plaintiff alleges that both acted with reckless disregard concerning the legality of their actions and caused demonstrable social harm due to the sounds being “annoying”.
This is a private prosecution not overseen by the DoJ but rather a private citizen with explicit permission to prosecute from the Attorney General. Private prosecutions are an integral part of SimDemocracy’s justice system ensuring that anyone can be brought to justice, even in the face of unwillingness from the justice department.
An interview with the private prosecutor reveals that they had already begun plea deal talks with the defence. The bargain would be a 24 hour (or even lower) mute, a sentence on the far low end of the sentencing provisions provided for abuse of power by the Criminal Code. The actual enforceability of such a sentence is still in question though, as the Discord Supervisor, being the owner of the server, cannot physically be muted. They would have to voluntarily agree to not send any messages for the specified timeframe.
The Criminal Code defines a mute as “the inability to send messages on the discord server and subreddit”. This definition further makes it physically impossible to actually impose the sentence, even through voluntary agreement by the defendant as a “mute” cannot possibly be proscribed to the server owner. Thus, if the prosecution and defence agree to the aforementioned plea deal or the defendant is found guilty, the law *will* have to be broken (again).