EMBEZZLEMENT

 

 

Under Spiritist Law embezzlement is the taking of funds given to a person for one purpose, to be used for their own benefit, such as the clerk of a bank taking the funds of that bank's customers for his own purposes. Or, the mayor of a city taking funds that were meant for the running of that city, and the paying of its employees for his own personal gain. Embezzling from private citizens is a major offense. Embezzling from the government is a more serious offense. Embezzling from a religious organization, or, a charity is a more serious offense. If it is found that a person has been embezzling, all their property will be seized by the government, and remain in the government's possession until such time as all the funds that the person has embezzled are returned to those they were taken from. The government may reimburse individuals from its general funds and then use the profits from any property that the embezzler owned until such time as the debt is paid. The embezzler themselves, shall be sentenced to a period of punishment of 40 years. Any personal property that the embezller's family owned before the period that he or she began embezzling may be purchased back from the government. The government shall charge a fair market value for these items and give the embezzler's family the opportunity to pay for them over a period of time without interest. Any items that were acquired by the family after the person started embezzling shall be sold by the government to reimburse those who lost funds. Any gifts given to the embezzler to any individual may be seized by the government to be sold to reimburse those that have lost funds. Any persons keeping secret that they have been given gifts by an individual that has been embezzling may be charged with theft, according to these statutes, and punished accordingly. But all those who return any property that the embezzler gave them of their own accord will not be held as part of the embezzling. Under these circumstances the sentence for embezzlement can bring the penalty of death. If the funds embezzled were for the care of the sick, and individuals could not get treatment because of the loss of these funds, or, because they were unlawfully kept from them, and those persons die, the person embezzling those funds may face the sentence of death. If it is found that in any way, the embezzling caused loss of life when lives could have been saved, death is warranted.

 

THEFT

 

 

Theft is the taking of any individual's property without their consent. Theft is divided in two categories, grand theft, and petty theft. Grand theft is the taking of any property over a thousand credits, either an individual item, or, several items. If the value of those items exceeds a thousand credits the person shall be prosecuted under the statutes of general theft. In that, if convicted, they shall receive a sentence of twenty years in punishment. Petty theft, the taking of any items less than a thousand credits, will result in being put in punishment for a period of one year. In all cases of theft any individual's property shall be seized and used to reimburse the individuals from whom the items were taken, and, to pay all court costs. As with other offenses, people who have been involved in theft may buy personal items back from the government, or, their families. As with all crimes, if a person is convicted of theft for a second time, his or her sentence will be doubled. If they are convicted a third time it will be doubled again.

 

ROBBERY

 

 

Robbery, according to Spiritist Law, is the taking of funds or items by force, or, with threat of a weapon. For example, an individual produces a firearm and forces the clerk of a store to give him money and flees with it. That person has committed robbery. Someone assaults someone on the street, beats them, and takes their belongings, that is robbery. Robbery is a much more severe crime than theft, and therefore the punishment for armed robbery is twice that for major theft. And again, all the person's property shall be seized and used to reimburse those robbed, and to pay for the individual's trial and incarceration, taking as much burden as possible, off the public. So the punishment for robbery is 40 years in punishment. All looting in time of disaster or civil disturbance shall be considered armed robbery, and punished accordingly, according to these statutes.

 

EXTORTION

 

 

According to Spiritist Law extortion is the taking of funds or property by threat or force. Forcing a woman into prostitution and the taking of her profits is considered extortion. Forcing individuals to pay for the protection of their businesses or, their property or members of their family is extortion. Extortion is a major crime, and shall be punished by a period of punishment three times that of robbery. So any person that has been committing extortion shall be sentenced to 30 years in punishment, and their property seized according to these statutes. Any military officers, police officers, or any government official at any level who is involved in extortion shall receive a sentence twice that of an ordinary citizen. For they have violated the public trust. In the event that any homosexual should be threatened with exposure by any individual and that individual demands payment for his silence, that is extortion, and that person shall be punished according to these statutes. But during the period of the trial the homosexual shall not be asked rather or not they are a homosexual. It is a violation of their privacy and does not matter in the proceedings.

 

 

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