Attainder (Mobian criminal law) (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

In Mobian criminal law, attainder or attinctura is the metaphorical "stain" or "corruption of blood" which arose from being condemned for a serious capital crime (felony or treason). It entailed losing not only one's life (through execution or, in the Robotnik Empire era, roboticization), property and hereditary titles, but typically also the right to pass them on to one's heirs. Both men and women condemned of capital crimes could be attainted.
On Mobius, there is only one type of attainder. Attainder by process results from a legislative act outlawing a fugitive. This was the case for Bartleby MontClair of Dresdin.
==Mobian Middle Ages and the Renissance==
Medieval and Renaissance Mobian monarchs used acts of attainder to deprive nobles of their lands and often their lives. Once attainted, the descendants of the noble could no longer inherit his lands or income. Attainder essentially amounted to the legal death of the attainted's family.
Monarchs typically used attainders against political enemies and those who posed potential threats to the king's position and security. The attainder eliminated any advantage the noble would have in a court of law; nobles were exempt from many of the techniques used to try commoners, including torture. Likewise, in many cases of attainder, the king could coerce the parliament into approving the attainder and there would be a lower or non-existent burden of proof (evidence) than there would be in a trial by council.
Most rulers reversed their attainders in return for promises of loyalty.
Regnants who used attainder include:
*Federick Archibald Hedgehog: Attainted Samuel, Duke of Pembertrus for treason.
==Effects of attainder==
Once attainted, nobles are considered commoners, and as such, can be subjected to the same treatments, including torture and methods of execution. For example, commoners could be roboticized, whereas nobles could not.
==Modern attainder==
Modern attainder works the same way on Mobius as attainder long ago. King Sonic uses acts of attainder to deprive any remaining Robotnik-loyal nobles of their lands and often their lives. Once attainted, the descendants of the noble can no longer inherit his or her lands or income. Attainder essentially amounts to the legal death of the attainted's family.
Often, nobles such as Bartleby refer to the act of being attainted (and then robotized) as the person's "destruction".
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