Preamble:
The General Assembly declares that there is a need for a court with intersubreddit jurisdiction, so that justice can be served when subreddits refuse to prosecute criminals within their own borders, and when crimes against all pressers and nonpressers alike have been committed.
Section 1. As a result of the issues outlined in the preamble, an Intersubreddit Criminal Court will be created. This court will have 3 courts, composed of 7 judges each. Two will serve as trial courts, and one will serve as an appeals court. All judges will be nominated by GA delegates within 48 hours after the passage of this legislation, and the GA will then vote on which 14 nominees will serve on the court. GA delegates will serve as prosecutors, so no sitting GA delegate can be a judge. GA delegates must nominate from within their constituencies, and can only nominate two users each. The judges on the court must include one anti-button user, one presser, and one non-presser. Any presser or non-presser can serve on an accused user's defense team. Guilt or innocence will be determined by the judges, with acquittal and guilt findings requiring a unanimous vote. Any other vote will result in a mistrial, at which time the prosecution will be allowed to request a new trial in the other trial court. All those convicted will get 1 appeal. Appeals will only be granted if: defense council was incompetent, one of the Section 5 rules was violated, new evidence has come to light, or there was gross prosecutorial misconduct. Requests for certiorari will be made to the appeals court, and the court will vote on the matter. If a majority agrees that a new trial is required, certiorari will be granted.
Section 2. The most important crimes that the ICC will try will be Crimes Against Colormanity and Flairicide. Crimes against Colormanity will be defined as involvement in the downvoting of civilian noncombatants and medical personnel in military conflict, and the enslavement of any user(s). Flairicide will be defined as involvement in the attempted eradication of a group of users based on flair, through the establishment of concentration or eradication camps, through mass downvoting groups based on (a) specific button flair(s), and through the creation of reeducation centers designed to brainwash users of (a) specific flair(s).
Section 3. The ICC will also try violations of the Color Relations Act, and violations of any other laws created by the UC General Assembly.
Section 4. Any user(s) found guilty of an ICC crime will be sentenced to a ban from all UC member subreddits (though not the UC itself) for a minimum of one day. Sentencing will be based on the severity of the crime, the level of responsibility of the defendant in the crime's commission, and whether the defendant is remorseful for their actions. Binding, more detailed sentencing guidelines for each specific crime will be created by the court during its first session. Plea bargains are acceptable, and require the approval of only 5/7 of the trial judges.
Section 5. No user shall be, for the same offence, to twice put in jeopardy of posting rights, nor shall any cruel or unusual punishments be imposed, nor shall any user be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against themselves.
Section 6. Crimes can only be committed against users and subreddits, not against the button. This section, once enacted, cannot be repealed by subsequent legislation.
Section 7. If a judge abuses their power, or commits a crime, articles of impeachment may be drafted by the General Assembly. An impeachment trial will then commence, with the GA delegates as the jury and one judge not under indictment as the trial judge. The accused will represent themselves, and another judge not under indictment will serve as prosecutor.
