Thallian Crime & Punishment

## **Correctional Services**

Crime in Thallian is severely punished, even petty crimes such as pickpocketing are punishable by forced labour. The prison is located within the Zaohol Peaks so that they are not only near the looming, impending force that is Mt.Zenith (the volcano) but they are able to force the prisoners into hard labour, mining the mountains for minerals.

Not only are prisoners forced into hard labour, when scientists, doctors and others are in need of test subjects for their concoctions - the criminals are used. This is not only known by society, it is an accepted practice.

There are several levels to the Thallian Correctional System. The Queen is generally responsible for the sentencing of those charged with more serious crimes.

Crimes are divided into 3 categories:

1. **Petty Crimes** Petty crimes encompass such things as theft under 2000 Japton, art creation (unless it insults the Queen), possession of books etc. These crimes are typically served by paying a fine and/or hard labour on Mt. Zenith.
2. **Major Offences** Major crimes are classed as such when the crime involves an offence against another person/ group of people. Or when a group of people together commit the offence. Crimes committed that earn this status are things such as Murder, Theft over 2000 Japton etc Crimes such as these typically end in banishment in the worse offence, and life imprisonment in the least.
3. **Capital Offences** Any offence perpetrated against the crown and the Queen. These crimes generally always end in execution - most often by volcano. Insulting the Queen is anyways judged as treason and treason is considered a capital offence.

### **Capital Punishment**

The death penalty is enforced if the crime is bad enough. This means death by volcano in most cases.

## **Justice and Constitutional Development**

In Thallian, things are done with less gender equality than in most kingdoms. For one point, because men are deemed to be reckless, impulsive and incapable of judging without blending their anger into the case they are not allowed to work in legal fields as judges or crown lawyers - there is nothing stopping them from becoming defensive lawyers, however, such occurrences are a rare as the government positions afforded to men.

The reason for this being that when **King** **Francis Dekard** ruled things were different and more equal. However, it is under Dekard’s rule things were in anarchy - crimes were not punished fairly and many innocents were killed because of emotional bias. It was with the eventual assassination of King Dekard that the citizens of Thallian realized that Thallian women were quite different from those outside the kingdom. They were more in control of their emotions and more apt to logical and just judgments.

* **Police Force**

Those responsible for catching lawbreakers are little more than ordinary citizens that fancy themselves vigilanties. It is because heroes, and those villains looking for a quick pay off, do exist that an informal force was set up for these vigilanties. They all, informally, report to the **Department of Law and Justice**. Most Heroes will follow the laws set forth by the department when apprehending criminals, villains are more likely to do what they wish to get the payout.

There are **2** levels to the judicial system:

* **Trial by Judge**

Crimes that fit into the **Petty Crimes**  and most **Major Offences**, are always tried by a judge after looking at the evidence given.

* **Trial by the Queen**

Any crime falling in the **Capital Offence** category of crimes, such as any crime perpetrated against the queen, will always be tried by the queen of the day.  There are some major offences, such as those perpetrated by a large group of people, that the Queen will rule on.

* **Constitutional Development**

Each of the 13 departments is responsible for creating the laws surrounding their department. Final reading, as always, of any rule wishing to be passed into law must always be approved by the Queen before it can be made so.

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