| From: | John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Prison in Shadowrun |
| Date: | Tue, 9 Dec 1997 16:58:26 -0500 |
<fredrik.lindblom@******.KALMAR.SE> writes:
<<You just can't execute _every_ perp outright, even if you're a corp. In
that case every single criminal would rather go down fighting than be
caught, and he could take hostages (i.e. "valuable corporate personnel",
not "innocent civilians". corps don't give a frag about "innocent
civilians" unless rescuing them improves public relations) with him in
death. There is no way in hell he could be persuaded to come out quietly
if he knew he'd be executed on the spot.>>
I doubt they'd execute them on the spot...
Once they've been given 'due process' or whatever passes for it corporate
jurisdiction, the megacorps can and do write their own laws, after all.
You commit a crime on corporate property, you become subject to
megacorporate 'law.' Is it fair? Probably, to some extent or the other.
But I doubt that any corporation is going to like the idea of keeping
lots of prisoners locked away somewhere, it costs money and expenditures
hurt the bottom line. On the other hand, if those trespassers happen to
find themselves dead from a guard with an overly quick trigger finger, it
could solve lots of problems. No court costs, no prison costs. All you've
got to pay for is the price of a bullet or three a cheap coffin and a
cheap funeral. If the person(s) had relatives, produce some compensation,
keep them quiet.
Granted, I don't see every crime being punished with death, but I can
certainly see most anything involving shadowrunners being relegated to
the shoot first, ask questions if we feel like it category. I'd expect
most white-collar criminals (embezzlers, etc) to be imprisoned unless
their crime was seriously large (stole multiple millions of nY)... and
might be surprised if they weren't just locked away then. But violent
crime, anything that directly involves the SINless, I'd expect a bullet
to be a heck of a lot cheaper and easier than a prison cell for the rest
of the person's life.
<EGMG> Unless you can effectively brainwash the captured miscreants
(break out the Psychotropic IC!) :):)
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