*seen being put up by the same cheerful pink haired halfling*
My fellow citizens the next policy i would like to tell you about is regarding Law and order.
I believe that the punishment should fit the crimes so if someone commits a crime and if it can be proved they have done it they should be sentenced accordingly, I also believe that everyone is entitled to a fair trial that is why if I'm elected i promise that any trial that i run will be fair and unbiased I will do this by allowing all my trials to be open to the public so that every citizen can see the evidence and testimonies of those present and they shall know how i came to a decision.
What i am against is taking the body of someone dressing it up and sticking it up on a pike. That sort of mistreatment of the dead is degrading and immoral and is the kind of attitude one should expect from Drow and not a free society such as ours therefore where the actual sentence should be the deterrent and not some Macabre display designed to humiliate and stir up hatred. That is why i also promise that i will never use someones body in such a low and degrading manner.
Another trend i am against is the way some councilors have upon sentencing to death a suspect chosen somewhat bizarre ways of carrying it out such as tying them to the New Dunnwaren gates and trying to electrocute them. We have a stoning cage for a reason and while many would say that stoning is brutal it also gives you the citizens the final say on someones fate. If you believe i have made a mistake or I'm doing it out of some petty reason? Then don't stone him. As i said it gives you the people of Sanctuary the final say on a persons fate which is i feel much more preferable than having the council carry out what are for all intents and purposes summary executions without giving you the final say.
So remember to vote Merle Barer in the upcoming election
Thank you for your time