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Common Punishments in Extinctionism

Though there is no longer a public court system, there is still a justice system on a larger scale. Extinctionism has very few laws, even fewer are enforced because there is no police force, but there is, however, a military.
It fiercely protects the government of Extinctionism and if one is caught committing a relevant crime such as mass-murdering politicians, one is tried by a military tribunal.

Seven members of the Extinctionists military are appointed by the General (or one of his aids). There is no option to appeal. Lawyers are banned. Every evidence is admissible.

There are by law different punishment categories. Depending on the category a punishment needs the support of a certain number of the seven tribunal appointees to be pronounced:

I. Restoration - One Yeah per Four Nays
II. Deterrence - Two Yeahs per Three Nays
III. Incapacitation - Three Yeahs per Three Nays
IV. Rehabilitation - Four Yeahs per Three Nays
V. Retribution - Six of Seven Yeahs

Category I Punishments seek to restore the damage that was done by the offense. This includes:
Paying for the damage (money)
Helping restore the damage (forced organ donation that is not fatal)
Giving something of similar nature (a rare painting for a rare painting)
Those punishments if pronounced, are only carried out if the victim wishes it.
Restoration is ordered in 97% of the cases and carried out in 83% of the cases.

Category II Punishments seek to deter citizens from making the same mistake.
To be a category II Punishment, a punishment has to be public and humiliating. It may not be designed to be fatal. For example a public flogging may be fatal, but is not designed to be fatal and the number of strokes is carefully decided on a case by case basis.
Common examples for category II punishments are (percentage of times pronounced):

Public flogging, flagellation, foot whipping (74%)
Pillories, Stocks (58%)
Disfiguring (Burning, Tattooing, Branding, Ear cropping) (42%)
Temporary Crucifixion (12%)
Others (11%)

III. Incapacitation seeks to prevent crimes by making them impossible/very hard to commit. Common category III punishments are (percentage of times pronounced):
Sterilization (87%)
Loss of some Rights (Privacy, Right to Vote, Freedom of Movement,...) (42%)
Amputation (34%)
Blinding (13%)
Others (6%)
Execution (not public) (5%)

IV. The goal of Rehabilitation is to change a criminals mind so that he no longer seeks to commit crimes. If sentenced to rehabilitation, a criminal is send to a re-education center run by military personnel. Methods of re-education practiced are:
- Electroshock therapy
- Psychosurgery
- Conditioning
Rehabilitation is ordered in 46% of the cases.

Category five punishments seek to facilitate a feeling of justice. Anything that doesn't belong in one of the other categories, belongs in here. Common category five punishments (percentage of times ordered):
Diverse Others (43%)
Lex talionis - an eye for an eye, a loved one for a loved one (28%)
Public sleep deprivation (16%)
Public shaming (13%)
Public Executions (12%)
- Stoning (47% of public executions)
- Burning (26% "")
- Drowning (20% "")
- Others (7% "")
Forced Labor (8%)

There is no limit as to how many punishments may be pronounced other than that no more than four per category are allowed. They are carried out in order from category I to V (sometimes if a category V punishment is pronounced, it is carried out before IV or IV is not carried out at all). Percentages of punishments ordered do not represent punishments carried out because of death often occurring before all punishments were carried out.

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