[To Aisha al-Samar]

[Vegan_Snickerdoodles]

Deputy Chief Scribe al-Samar,


    After the recent trial of Radislav Ludovich, and considering previous outrages, there is a reform I wish to propose to our Assault law. To deliberately and permanently cripple a victim ought to carry risk of a capital charge. The Prosecution appeared to be in agreement, however there was not a suitable means to seek it beyond a potentially untenable Attempted Murder charge.

    He was charged instead with stealing the victim's eye, which was then evaluated using Kha'eshi black-market organ prices at a Capital two thousand five hundred dinari. This, I grant, was an innovative strategy. However we really should just have a Capital Assault charge.

    Below is my proposal for such. Would you review the wording and offer suggestions as to keeping it precise to the intent, when time allows? The intent is to make available exile or greater sentencing, when a victim is intentionally maimed in a grievous and permanent manner, with intent to do such harm. The wording is not meant to include relatively minor, but still potentially permanent consequences like scars or a trimmed ear, but rather loss of bodily wholeness. Similarly, if two people engage in mutual combat and permanent injury occurs that is not deemed intentionally inflicted for the purpose of causing such harm, it is not meant to be included.

    When I approached another about this, they were in agreement of the purpose, and suggested also that a new law for Maiming could be implemented. I welcome also input on this, but thought to begin with assault.



4. Assault: A person found guilty of harming or planning to harm another person without causing or intending mortal injury for any reason other than self-defense has committed Assault. Minor to Capital.

Minor: Unarmed.
Serious: Armed.
Capital: Maiming. (Deliberate removal or destruction of body parts or organs with intent to inflict severe permanent harm.) 



     -Akna Ymir
     

[AsheandCinders]

Legate

It is in general always preferable to Ammend existing laws rather than create entirely new ones, as this avoids overcomplicating the Penal Code.

Your addition is a sound one, and one I am sure will be welcomed.

I would suggest taking this opportunity while ammending the Assault laws to also alter the Serious charge to be "Armed and/or Magical" to finally close off one long standing point of contention within the law as to the nature of Assault with Magic.

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Deputy Chief Scribe al-Samar