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| * In the Golden Age, there was a standardised system of criminal justice which operated with incredible fairness throughout the Empire. | * In the Golden Age, there was a standardised system of criminal justice which operated with incredible fairness throughout the Empire. | ||
| * Now things are different. | * Now things are different. | ||
| - | * Each District is responsible for maintaining its own law and order. As such systems of crime and punishment vary depending on the District a crime is committed in. | + | * Each District is responsible for maintaining its own law and order. As such systems of crime and punishment vary depending on the District a crime is committed in. |
| + | * It should be said, however, that although the implementation of justice is different from District to District, each claims to be upholding the same Imperial Justice. | ||
| * As a rule of thumb, a crime occurs when someone important enough takes issue with a questionable act you have undertaken. | * As a rule of thumb, a crime occurs when someone important enough takes issue with a questionable act you have undertaken. | ||
| * The more important the person, or the greater the issue taken, the worse things are likely to become for you. | * The more important the person, or the greater the issue taken, the worse things are likely to become for you. | ||
| + | * Custodial sentences as we would understand them do not exist in Rastaban. | ||
| ====Systems of Justice, by District==== | ====Systems of Justice, by District==== | ||
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| * However, there are some variations depending on which Order of Paladins makes the arrest. | * However, there are some variations depending on which Order of Paladins makes the arrest. | ||
| * Paladins of the Torch are notoriously incorruptible. | * Paladins of the Torch are notoriously incorruptible. | ||
| + | * Trials are held in front of five Judges, each representing an Order, and are witnessed by all five Muses. | ||
| ===Esteban=== | ===Esteban=== | ||
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| * Generally harsher to crimes involving damage to property or assets. | * Generally harsher to crimes involving damage to property or assets. | ||
| * Generally softer on members of their own House - and others, depending on the political climate. | * Generally softer on members of their own House - and others, depending on the political climate. | ||
| - | * Often levy heavy fines in lieu of custodial sentences. | + | * Often levy heavy fines as punishment. |
| + | * Each witness in an Estaban trial has a rating dependent upon their wealth and status, with the words of the influential formally given a higher 'score' than others. The scores of those in favour are pitted against those who speak against, and the higher score wins. | ||
| ===Telemere=== | ===Telemere=== | ||
| - | * Have an exceptionally elaborate and impenetrable system of courts and justices. | + | * Have an exceptionally elaborate and ritualised system of courts and justices. |
| * Possibly the fairest of all the Great Houses. | * Possibly the fairest of all the Great Houses. | ||
| - | * Often commute sentences to military service. | + | * Telemere courts have a strong focus on performance, with those who are able to give the most rousing, or rhetorically impressive speeches influencing the audience, which in turn influences the powerful House member holding court. |
| + | * In theory the individual holding court has the final say, but those that ignore the audience do not hold court for long. | ||
| ===Rom=== | ===Rom=== | ||
| - | * Employ a variety of planar magics in their trials. | ||
| * Generally softer on members of their own House - and others, depending on the political climate. | * Generally softer on members of their own House - and others, depending on the political climate. | ||
| - | * Are willing to commute sentences for Remnants or valuable insight into the planes. | + | * Employ a wide variety of planar punishments for crimes. |
| + | * To accuse one of a crime in Rom is to risk oneself. For if you bring an accusation against someone and fail to convince the court, you must take the punishment that the accused would have received. | ||
| ===Barrens=== | ===Barrens=== | ||
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