Trial of Jjmoney08032

The Trial of Jjmoney08032, or simply the Jjmoney Trial, or formally known by its case name as Regnum Drakaes vs. Jjmoney08032, was an international criminal trial that took place on July 3rd, 2021, in the city of Port Crelov in the USSE. It was the first case of international crimes being brought to court on Eldham. 
== Background ==
==== Treaty of Aurica and the Drakaes' Edict ====
During the Second Coalition-Ellysian War, Thas Ellas had surrendered and signed the Treaty of Aurica which dissolved the Ellysian Empire in its entirety and put the control of what will happen to in the Regnum Drakaes, they expected it to be reformed however with the same individuals. This was not done after an edict was written dissolving the Empire and splitting up its territory amongst eight nations whom had been involved in the war effort.
This started forth two more battles before the war finally came to an end, however even after the war had been decisively won and the Ellysian Empire was gone for good, former Ellysian citizens and occasionally outright people who had never been there before started attempting to reform the Empire with rebel groups.
==== Attempted Reformation of Ellysia ====
Soon after the collapse of Ellysia, attempts were made in late June in secret between Jjmoney08032 and several other individuals to obtain approval from the newly founded nations in Ellysia's place to reform the Empire. The newly formed Anti-Radical Syndicate however very quickly caught word of this and began to keep an eye on them. It was soon after this that Jjmoney08032 attempted to establish a short-lived nation called Polia out of the Fifth Administrative Zone, an intended starting off place for them to launch forth the recreated Ellysian Empire, former Ellysians had actually not supported their recreation since they were never a member of the original Empire however and wanted to place themselves into a position of power instead of reigning monarch Thas Ellas.
==== Surrender of Polia ====
On June 29th, 2021, after quickly being informed that Polia was going to be unsupported by the ARS and realizing that he had violated orders from the ARS and Regnum Drakaes, surrendered to LilyPrism through DM's on Discord. It was than that the trial began to be organized, intended for July 3rd, 2021.
== Trial ==
The trial began with the Judge asking the Defendant for how they would plea to either of the charges, with them pleading not guilty to both accused crimes. After this a short opening statement was delivered by the prosecution, followed by the defense. After these statements were given is where the information of the case began to be really dealt with. The prosecution examined the Defendant shortly and asked them questions regarding the case, followed by an examination by the defense which had Jjmoney08032 give a testimony that he was completely unaware of both documents at the time his crimes were committed, didn't have any association with the Ellysian Empire, and was never warned by the ARS beforehand which blew apart the plan of the prosecution.
Evidence was brought forth including around five videos of interviews with the Defendant which seemed to indicate the extent of his crimes being rather drastic, but his quick surrender to the ARS and his testimony did not aid the evidence in finding a guilty verdict significantly. Than the Prosecution called forth a witness, being LilyPrism, the Second Anima of the Anti-Radical Syndicate who carried out the attack and arrest of Jjmoney08032 and whom the notice of surrender from them was sent to. They were initially examined by the Leader Prosecutor, SerfBort_ before being cross-examined by the Defense Attorney Xeroise Ronango'O. The cross-examination from the Defense appeared to indicate that the blame fell on the ARS as Lily's testimony was blown into by remarks from the Witness that Jjmoney had somehow known he was breaking the rules despite the ARS never informing him of it.
After the powerful cross-examination and testimony of Jjmoney08032, the Prosecution and Defense delivered their closing statements. In the Prosecutor's statement that delve into the facts of the videos which appeared to drastically incriminate Jjmoney, whilst the Defense Attorney proceeded to read out the Treaty of Aurica and Drakaes' Edict and claim that it was in fact the responsibility of Regnum Drakaes to ensure that Polia wasn't formed, which they did, and that that is where things shouldn't have stopped because the White Week hadn't ended when the crimes were committed. This last minute criticism of the documents in which Jjmoney was accused of breaking crippled the accusations of them violating the Treaty of Aurica.
After a ten minute recess, the Judge called forth everyone and read the verdict given to Jjmoney08032. On the charges of violating the Treaty of Aurica he was found entirely innocent and not guilty. On the charges of violating the Drakaes' Edict he was found guilty, but because of his supposed lack of knowledge regarding its existence and quick surrender, was given a mere fine of $2,000. This ended up saving him from the death penalty which was originally on the table and the most advocated for option, with preparations having had already been made for his execution before the verdict was even read because it seemed incredibly unlikely that he would make it out alive..
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