Court Filings

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I appoint Kialga as the Standby Hearing Officer for The North Pacific vs The Swedish Republic of New Kenya.
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Ah, point of order:
4. When an indictment is accepted, the Chief Justice will promptly appoint a Moderating Justice and a Standby Hearing Officer.
5. The Standby Hearing Officer will be available to serve as a Hearing Officer should any matter requiring the recusal of the Moderating Justice arise during the trial.
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As Kialga is an elected justice, they are ineligible to serve as a Temporary Hearing Officer and thus cannot constitute a valid choice as Standby Hearing Officer.
 
Hm.

I think I'll want to ask my fellow justices to clarify that rule.

Meanwhile, I do think your interpretation is better than my original interpretation. I withdraw that appointment.
 
Request for Indictment:
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REQUEST FOR INDICTMENT​


Defendant: Bill Kennedy (AKA Eraver)
Plaintiff: The North Pacific

The Office of Attorney General requests the court initiate proceedings in regards to the PLAINTIFF charging that the DEFENDANT did commit several criminal acts:

Criminal Acts: The Defendant committed an act of fraud, proxying, and gross misconduct by knowingly registering several accounts on the forum in order to seemingly achieve personal gain in the roleplay scene in the North Pacific RMB.

Relevant Laws:
Section 1.3: Fraud
12. "Fraud" is defined as an intentional deception, by falsehood or omission, made for some benefit or to damage another individual.
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Section 1.8. Gross Misconduct
23. "Gross Misconduct" is defined as the violation of an individual's legally mandated sworn oath, either willfully or through negligence.
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Section 1.5: Proxying
19. "Proxying" is defined as use of a proxy server to render a forum user anonymous or any practice which allows a member multiple accounts.
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Specific Offense(s): Fraud; Proxying; Gross Misconduct


Date(s) of Alleged Offense(s): Proxying, Fraud, Gross Misconduct: August 15, 2018 - Present

Summary of Events: There has been three accounts created over the last several months with the name of Eraver belonging to the name, particularly Eraver (now known as Bill Kennedy), Eraver Reborn, and Eraver_United. The Bill Kennedy and Eraver Reborn account connect to the same TNP nation, while Eraver_United connects to separate discord and NS accounts. On July 30, 2018, Bill Kennedy/Eraver requested citizenship. On August 27, 2018, the forum account JerryMVGA joined the forum and promptly requested citizenship, gaining it that same day. On August 28, JerryMVGA (on Nationstates as Maltese Junta (nation connected to forum account)), was conducting a fairly routine TNP RMB roleplay game, when Maltese Junta joined in on the game Eraver/Bill Kennedy was playing, on Eraver’s side. After an instance of “godmodding” a member of the RMB community accused Maltese Junta of being a puppet of Eraver. Maltese Junta responded back stating he was not a puppet of Eraver. About 50 minutes after this accusation and response, Maltese Junta left the North Pacific gameside region and renounced his citizenship on the forum. After an IP proxy check was conducted, it was confirmed that the defendant was proxying, and while the result of the JerryMVGA IP check was inconclusive, the chain of events that resulted around the accusation were quite suspicious.

Supporting Evidence:

Eraver/Bill Kennedy Account: http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/profile/5056337/
Bill Kennedy Citizenship Request: http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/single/?p=10169060&t=9145386
Eraver Reborn Account: http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/profile/5058953/
Eraver_United Account: http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/profile/5055833/
JerryMVGA Account: http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/profile/5059913/
JerryMVGA Cit. Request: http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/single/?p=10180658&t=9145386

RMB post accusing JerryMVGA of being a puppet: https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=32209861
JerryMVGA’s response: https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=32209880
JerryMVGA’s departure post: https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=32210023
JerryMVGA renouncing citizenship: http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/single/?p=10180926&t=9145386

IP check request: http://forum.thenorthpacific.org/single/?p=10181081&t=7469014
IP Check results (in PM):
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Conclusion and Recommendation:
The Office of the Attorney General concludes that enough evidence exists to justify these charges and recommends that this case be tried as speedily and fairly as possible.

Thank you,
Office of the Attorney-General of The North Pacific
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Your honours, These charges are an absurdity. Issues such as this arise all the time, without the need to involve the courts.

However, under our laws nobody should be left without an advocate, especially when the full might of the Attorney General's office is brought down on one so young and vulnerable.

I believe these charges to be malicious, especially the accusation of proxying where even a cursory examination of the evidence must have shown the Attorney General that no proxying has taken place.

Should the court accept these charges, I offer myself as defence counsel. I have a certain experience in these matters.
 
After considering this indictment and the relevant law, I believe that I have a conflict of interest which consists of a vested interest in the outcome of this matter. As such, I am obligated under the law to recuse myself from considering whether to accept this indictment, and from hearing the case if it is accepted. The remaining justices will need to select a temporary hearing officer before deciding what to do.

Additionally, since I am Chief Justice, I believe it would be incorrect for me to appoint the moderating justice or the standby hearing officer due to my conflict of interest. I am therefore using my discretion to say that the remaining justices will select one of themselves to assume the duties of the Chief in this case, if it is accepted and proceeds to trial. Whoever assumes these duties will need to choose a justice (or the appointed THO) to act as moderating justice, and will need to choose a non-justice to be Standby Hearing Officer. The latter role is not an official position, but indicates someone who is available and willing to serve, and does not have a conflict of interest, in case one of the members of the Court hearing the case must recuse themselves during the trial.

If the case does not proceed to trial, there are no duties of the Chief which need to be assumed and the above will not apply.
 
As the acting chief justice in the case brought by the Attorney General's office against Bill Kennedy I hereby announce the decision of the remaining justices to appoint Crushing Our Enemies as temporary hearing officer.
 
If I might petition the court,

The accused, Eraver, has been removed from the forum by Administration since it has become clear that they are well below the age allowed under the COPRA section of our Terms of Service.

This renders this court case moot, and in any real life criminal system which takes account of Age of Responsibility, a defendant who is revealed to be significantly under age would be removed from the adult criminal justice system.

Can I suggest that, given the impossibility of the defendant appearing or entering evidence in court, and especially the age of the accused, it would be inappropriate for the case to proceed? There is simply nothing to gain.

I would ask the Attorney General to withdraw the charges and, should they refuse, the Justices to refuse to hear the case.
 
Please disregard the court filing, as with the power of the submitting party, I declare it null and void.
 
Indictment

Defendant: Madjack aka St George
Plaintiff: The North Pacific

The Office of the Attorney General humbly requests that the Court initiate proceedings in regards to the PLAINTIFF charging that the DEFENDANT did commit several criminal acts:

Specific Offenses/Criminal Acts:

  1. Conspiracy to commit Treason: Madjack planned to offer material support (such as military movements or favorable WA votes) to the NPO for purposes of undermining the lawful government of The North Pacific.
  2. Conspiracy to commit Fraud: Madjack planned to falsely cast El Fiji Grande as a spy, to damage his reputation and reduce his chances of being elected delegate. Madjack would benefit from this outcome, because he disagreed with El Fiji Grande's delegate platform, and is also a candidate for delegate himself.
  3. Gross Misconduct: Madjack violated his sworn oath of office by failing to "act only in the best interests of The North Pacific, not influenced by personal gain or any outside force". In this matter, he acted against the best interests of The North Pacific by seeking to fraudulently disrupt the delegate election, and he was motivated by personal gain, since his stated motivation for contacting the NPO was to prevent El Fiji Grande from implementing policies he disagreed with, and because he himself entered the delegacy race shortly thereafter.
  4. Conspiracy to commit Gross Misconduct: In this criminal plot, after Madjack had assumed the delegacy, he planned to continue to act outside the interests of The North Pacific, and under the influence of a foreign power, by offering the NPO a favorable treaty, influence on our military actions, and influence on our WA vote, in exchange for their assistance in helping him perpetrate the above crimes and win the delegate election.
  5. Fraud: Madjack intentionally decieved El Fiji Grande about the nature of his contact with the NPO by omitting key details. The motivation behind this has not been fully investigated, but plausibly, it was to mitigate the fallout of those contacts becoming public.
Relevant Laws:
Legal Code Section 1.1:
2. "Treason" is defined as taking arms or providing material support to a group or region for the purpose of undermining or overthrowing the lawful government of The North Pacific or any of its treatied allies as governed by the Constitution.
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Legal Code Section 1.3:
12. "Fraud" is defined as an intentional deception, by falsehood or omission, made for some benefit or to damage another individual.
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Legal Code Section 1.7:
22. "Conspiracy" is defined as planning, attempting, or helping to commit any crime under this criminal code.
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Legal Code Section 1.8:
23. "Gross Misconduct" is defined as the violation of an individual's legally mandated sworn oath, either willfully or through negligence.
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Date of Alleged Offenses: May 2, 2019 and May 3, 2019

Summary of Events: Madjack initiated separate contact with two senators of the New Pacific Order, Elegarth and Xoriet, claiming that there were rumors that El Fiji Grande was a spy on behalf of the NPO, and asking for the NPO to publicly confirm them in some way, and thus damage El Fiji Grande's chances of being elected delegate, leading to Madjack's own election. In return for this favor, Madjack offered to, once he became delegate, negotiate a favorable treaty with the NPO and give them influence over our WA vote and military operations. The senators declined, and each of them then provided screenshots of the conversations to our delegate, and told Madjack that they had informed the delegate of the conversations.

Madjack then contacted El Fiji Grande the next day and gave an altered story about what happened previously, stating truthfully that he had contacted Elegarth asking if El Fiji Grande was a spy, and offering a treaty to remain silent about the conversation. He omitted that he had then gone on to request that the NPO confirm the false rumors and offered them influence over our military operations and WA votes in exchange.

Supporting Evidence: All of the below screenshots can be authenticated by witness testimony if needed.

Screenshots of Madjack's contact with NPO senators.

Screenshot of Madjack's message to Fiji the next day.

Madjack's Oath of Office | (Screenshot)

Statement from Madjack's campaign post indicating his disagreement with Fiji's platform | (Link to original post)


Conclusion and Recommendation: These crimes are despicable and well supported by evidence. I recommend that a trial commence as soon as possible. If a guilty verdict is returned, I would recommend removal from any government offices Madjack holds at the time of sentencing, and other punishments lasting at least several months, to possibly include a ban from holding government office, suspension of citizenship, a ban on voting in the Regional Assembly, forum WA votes, and elections, or even a full posting ban.
 
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Indictment

Defendant: Bobberino
Plaintiff: The North Pacific

The Office of the Attorney General humbly requests that the Court initiate proceedings in regards to the PLAINTIFF charging that the DEFENDANT did commit the following criminal act:

Specific Offenses/Criminal Acts:

  1. Gross Misconduct: Bobberino violated his sworn oath of office by failing to "act only in the best interests of The North Pacific, not influenced by personal gain or any outside force". In this, he acted against the best interests of The North Pacific by seeking to utilize the North Pacific Army, and his position as Minister of Defense, to advertise his own campaign for Delegate, leaving out the campaigns of his opponents in the election for Delegate. He sought personal gain via leveraging his position in the North Pacific Army to campaign for his own election as Delegate to the exclusion of all others.
Relevant Laws:
Legal Code Section 1.8:
23. "Gross Misconduct" is defined as the violation of an individual's legally mandated sworn oath, either willfully or through negligence.
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Date of Alleged Offenses: 4 September, 2019

Summary of Events: The defendant had, on the date of the alleged offense, initially posted his campaign as any citizen would, in the Elections Subforum. The defendant then, by leveraging his position as Minister of Defense, posted a link to his campaign in the #npa-announcements channel, normally reserved for official North Pacific Army announcements and orders from the Minister or other members of High Command. In this message he also had pinged all NPA Soldiers, another action normally reserved for official North Pacific Army announcements and orders. This message also included an imperative to vote for the defendant under threat of a ban. Three minutes after the message was posted, it was clarified that the threat of a ban was a joke. Thirty minutes after the message was posted, it was deleted by NPA General Darcania.

Supporting Evidence: All of the below screenshots can be authenticated by witness testimony if needed.

Screenshot of the bot's logging of the original, since-deleted message.

Screenshot the #npa-announcements channel where the message was originally posted, post-deletion.

Bobberino's Oath of Office | (Screenshot)

Link to Bobberino's campaign. (https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/9190906/)

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Conclusion and Recommendation: The Attorney General concludes that enough evidence exists to justify this charge. It is thus recommended that a trial begin as soon as possible.
 
Request for Indictment:
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REQUEST FOR INDICTMENT

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Defendant: Whole India
Plaintiff: The North Pacific

The Office of Attorney General requests the court initiate proceedings in regards to the PLAINTIFF charging that the DEFENDANT did commit one criminal act:

Criminal Acts: The Defendant committed an act of fraud by intentionally deceiving the public into believing a foreign dignitary warned them to suspend their campaign for the upcoming election in January.

Relevant Laws:
Section 1.3: Fraud
12. "Fraud" is defined as an intentional deception, by falsehood or omission, made for some benefit or to damage another individual.
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Specific Offense(s): Fraud

Date(s) of Alleged Offense(s): Fraud: December 12th, 2019 - Present

Summary of Events: On October 30, 2019, Whole India submitted a drafted-proposal to the World Assembly’s Security Council calling for the condemnation of TBH Commander, the founder account of The Black Hawks region owned by the user of ‘Red Back’. The proposal had laid dormant not longer after Red Back addressed the accusations in the drafted proposal, calling for the proposal to be alternated to reflect his correction of the draft. Also around this time Red Back telegrammed Whole India to remove the “factually wrong” condemnation.

Despite Red Back’s wishes for it to be removed, Whole India redrafted the condemnation on November 15th, 2019 and once again submitted the condemnation. Also around this time, Whole India questioned why Red Back hadn’t organized a raid on The North Pacific yet. Red Back gave Whole India made a satirically, non-serious response saying that he could pull off such raid.

On December 10th, 2019, Whole India made a thread on the Elections sub forum, proclaiming their manifesto and platform for the Delegacy for the upcoming General election in January 2020. Within two days of their campaign declaration, Whole India announced that Red Back had warned him to leave the election.

After seeing the supposed warning, we detected that this disputed warning was done 26 days ago (now 27 days ago), the day that Red Back issued his satirical response. However, it is suspicious that Red Back requested for Whole India to suspend their campaign before it even began. We believe that Whole Island used their out-of-character browser application to alternate the message of Red Back to benefit theirselves and damage Red Back and The Black Hawks.

Supporting Evidence:
Condemn TBH Commander: http://web.archive.org/web/20191213223331/https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=36402027
Red Back’s Response: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=36402027#p36402027
Whole India’s Manifesto for WAD Election: http://web.archive.org/web/20191213223058/https://forum.thenorthpacific.org/topic/9191420/
Full Discussion between Red Back and Whole India: https://imgur.com/az3AAmI
Condemn TBH Commander Redraft: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?p=36437490#p36437490
Whole India’s claim of Red Back interacting with them: https://imgur.com/a/A3pc8LB
Red Back’s defense: https://imgur.com/9dBEJEb
Red Back’s Denial of Warning Whole India to withdraw: https://imgur.com/zmv5gfh

Conclusion and Recommendation:
The Office of the Attorney General concludes that enough evidence exists to justify these charges and recommends that this case be tried as speedily and fairly as possible.

Thank you,
Office of the Attorney-General of The North Pacific
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REQUEST FOR INDICTMENT

Defendant: @IkeaRike (AKA The Inquisitor)

Plaintiff: The North Pacific

I requests the court initiate proceedings in regards to the PLAINTIFF charging that the DEFENDANT did commit several criminal acts:

Criminal Acts: The Defendant committed an act of espionage, gross misconduct and treason.

Section 1.1: Treason

2. "Treason" is defined as taking arms or providing material support to a group or region for the purpose of undermining or overthrowing the lawful government of The North Pacific or any of its treatied allies as governed by the Constitution.

Section 1.2: Espionage

6. "Espionage" is defined as sharing information with a group or region when that act of sharing has not been legitimately sanctioned by the entity the information is gathered from, as limited by this section.

Section 1.8. Gross Misconduct

23. "Gross Misconduct" is defined as the violation of an individual's legally mandated sworn oath, either willfully or through negligence.

Specific Offense(s): Treason; Espionage; Gross Misconduct.

Dates of alleged offences: April 21, 2019 - Present

Summary of Events: Ikea Rike AKA The Inquisitor served as a plant in The North Pacific at the behest of Jocospor.

Ikea Rike made contact with other TNPers and particularly became involved in roleplay on the Regional Message Board. Ikea Rike also was involved in the Regional Assembly and the Executive Staff (albeit briefly).

Ikea Rike regularly reported on activities within the regional assembly, the government and region to Jocospor with a view of this assisting him in eventually overthrowing the regional government.

Evidence: Screenshots 20-40 in this file.

Comments: We request that the indictment be approved to also allow for the ejection and banning of Ikea Rike from the region pending trial. This will minimise the likelihood of Ikea Rike continuing to tart and gain influence in the region.

Conclusion and Recommendation:

There is enough evidence exists to justify these charges and recommends that this case be tried as speedily and fairly as possible.

Thank you,

McMasterdonia
Delegate of The North Pacific
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REQUEST FOR INDICTMENT

Defendant: @Artemizistan (AKA Castelia)
Plaintiff: The North Pacific

I requests the court initiate proceedings in regards to the PLAINTIFF charging that the DEFENDANT did commit several criminal acts:

Criminal Acts: The Defendant committed an act of espionage, gross misconduct and treason.

Section 1.1: Treason

2. "Treason" is defined as taking arms or providing material support to a group or region for the purpose of undermining or overthrowing the lawful government of The North Pacific or any of its treatied allies as governed by the Constitution.

Section 1.2: Espionage

6. "Espionage" is defined as sharing information with a group or region when that act of sharing has not been legitimately sanctioned by the entity the information is gathered from, as limited by this section.

Section 1.8. Gross Misconduct

23. "Gross Misconduct" is defined as the violation of an individual's legally mandated sworn oath, either willfully or through negligence.

Specific Offense(s): Treason; Espionage; Gross Misconduct.

Dates of alleged offences: December 31, 2018 - Present

The offending commenced on December 31, 2018 when Jocospor (Founder of the Confederation of Corrupt Dictators) ordered a player known as “Castelia” to move a puppet nation into The North Pacific with a view of it eventually working through the ranks to become Delegate of The North Pacific. Once this was established, Artemizistan would turn The North Pacific into satellite state of CCD. Artemizistan subsequently applied for citizenship and became a member of the executive staff.

Jocospor brought in United Massachusetts as an external consultant to support Castelia’s infiltration efforts. United Massachusetts was described as having senior contacts within The North Pacific’s government and that he would be able to use that role to support Castelia’s operations in The North Pacific. Other than some initial conversations on this subject with Jocospor and later in the Operations 84 channel with Castelia, United Massachusetts involvement was limited.

Artemizistan subsequently notified Jocospor that they were not able to continue with the operation due to real life matters. Jocospor accepted this answer. Castelia is now a senior member of The Supreme Council of the Confederation of Corrupt Dictators and one of its principal leaders and organisers. Artemizistan continues to hold citizenship in The North Pacific.

Evidence: Screenshots 1-20 in this file. Screenshots in this document between United Massachusetts and Jocospor.

Comments: We request that the indictment be approved to also allow for the ejection and banning of Artemizistan from the region pending trial. This will minimise the likelihood of Artemizistan continuing to tart and gain influence in the region.

Thank you,
McMasterdonia
Delegate of The North Pacific
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The Court is considering the above indictment.

Pending a decision on the indictment and, if the indictment is accepted, the conclusion of any trial against the proposed defendants, I have considered the request for approval of ejections and bans of the defendant nations.

While it will be open to the defendants to appeal this decision and, if a trial follows, to challenge the evidence presented and to present evidence to the contrary, I consider that I ought, at this stage, proceed on the basis that such reasonably plausible evidence as is before me is true. I am satisfied that the evidence presented is reasonably plausible and, on the basis of that evidence, I am satisfied that the defendant nations pose a clear security threat and that their removal is necessary for the protection of the region, in that the evidence appears to show that each defendant was involved in an operation aimed at the overthrow of the regional government and that their presence in the region provides an opportunity to secure endorsements and influence which would, if allowed, risk harm to the region. For those reasons, I approve ejections and bans of the nations Ikea Rike and Artemizistan.

I remind the Delegate that, should the approved ejections and bans be implemented, the defendant nations must be provided with a link to the Courtroom and be informed of the right to file an appeal against my decision.
 
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The Court accepts the above indictments filed in the cases of Ikea Rike and Artemizistan.

Having regard to the right of each Defendant to a fair, impartial, and public trial and the need for them to know the evidence against them in order to decide what plea to enter, the Court directs that the evidence contained in the indictments must be made public.

I will moderate the trial of @IkeaRike. I appoint @Lady Raven Wing to moderate the trial of @Artemizistan. I name @Dreadton to be Standby Hearing Officer in relation to each trial.
 
I request the court a change for the prosecution in the case of The North Pacific vs. Artemizistan, from Dinoium to myself. I as well require an expansion for the submission to answer the questions from the court for they could not be dealt by the prior prosecution due to personal IRL issues.
 
Request for Indictment:
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Defendant: Slatos (also known as Bear)
Plaintiff: The North Pacific

The Office of Attorney General requests the court initiate proceedings in regards to the PLAINTIFF charging that the DEFENDANT did commit one criminal act:

Criminal Acts: The Defendant committed an act of treason by raiding a treated ally dignitary, Stargate, while at the same time a citizen of The North Pacific.

Relevant Laws:
Section 1.1: Treason
2. "Treason" is defined as taking arms or providing material support to a group or region for the purpose of undermining or overthrowing the lawful government of The North Pacific or any of its treatied allies as governed by the Constitution.
3. Specifically, no player maintaining a nation in a region or organization at war with TNP may maintain a nation within TNP, or participate in the governance thereof, for the duration of hostilities.
4. At this time, there are no regions or organizations at war with TNP. At this time TNP is allied with Stargate, the South Pacific, Taijitu, International Democratic Union, Equilism, Europeia, Albion, Greater Dienstad, The East Pacific, Balder and Europe.
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Specific Offense(s): Treason

Date(s) of Alleged Offense(s): Treason: February 9th-10th, 2020

Summary of Events: On February 9th, 2020, Slatos, a citizen of The North Pacific, led his own region in an raid against Stargate in order to topple its civilian, treatied government, and replace it with a Slatos-favorable government. Slatos’s attempt was thwarted by the North Pacific Army in a defense operation. Slatos admitted to having raided the region under the alias “Elatos”.

Supporting Evidence:
Archived activity of regional movement (including Slatos movement into the region), taken 2/10/2020 (1): http://web.archive.org/web/20200211...age=activity/view=region.stargate/filter=move
Archived activity of regional movement (including Slatos movement into the region), taken 2/10/2020 (2): https://m.imgur.com/AnV56Ts?r
Slatos admitting that he moved under the alias “Elatos” (1): https://gyazo.com/73f395c948c7ca5b55eb48f98dda18b0
Slatos admitting that he moved under the alias “Elatos” (2):
https://discordapp.com/channels/147373390104231936/147374029144064000/676140826476281916 (viewable only by citizens)
Slatos admitting to have taking part in the raid: https://gyazo.com/7bde53dbb12a467aa026e79726db883d

Conclusion and Recommendation:
The Office of the Attorney General concludes that enough evidence exists to justify these charges and recommends that this case be tried as speedily and fairly as possible.

Thank you,
Office of the Attorney-General of The North Pacific
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(Apologies for double posting) As a note, if this indictment is accepted, I will not be the sole chair of the prosecution, and instead will be co-serving with Attorney General @Vivanco as chairs of the prosecution for TNP V. Slatos.
 
Request for Indictment:
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Defendant: @Artemizistan (AKA Castelia)
Plaintiff: The North Pacific

I request the court in charge of proceedings in regards to the PLAINTIFF a change within the charges that the DEFENDANT did commit the following act:

Section 1.8. Conspiracy
24. "Conspiracy" is defined as planning, attempting, or helping to commit any crime under this criminal code.

The charge to be changed is the following:

Section 1.9. Gross Misconduct
25. "Gross Misconduct" is defined as the violation of an individual's legally mandated sworn oath, either willfully or through negligence.

Specific Offense(s): Conspiracy to commit Gross Misconduct.

Dates of alleged offences: December 31, 2018 - Present

The offending commenced on December 31, 2018 when Jocospor (Founder of the Confederation of Corrupt Dictators) ordered a player known as “Castelia” to move a puppet nation into The North Pacific with a view of it eventually working through the ranks to become Delegate of The North Pacific. Once this was established, Artemizistan would turn The North Pacific into satellite state of CCD. Artemizistan subsequently applied for citizenship and became a member of the executive staff.

Jocospor brought in United Massachusetts as an external consultant to support Castelia’s infiltration efforts. United Massachusetts was described as having senior contacts within The North Pacific’s government and that he would be able to use that role to support Castelia’s operations in The North Pacific. Other than some initial conversations on this subject with Jocospor and later in the Operations 84 channel with Castelia, United Massachusetts involvement was limited.

Artemizistan subsequently notified Jocospor that they were not able to continue with the operation due to real life matters. Jocospor accepted this answer. Castelia is now a senior member of The Supreme Council of the Confederation of Corrupt Dictators and one of its principal leaders and organisers. Artemizistan continues to hold citizenship in The North Pacific.

As the plaintiff was a part in the so called Operation 84, and no real act was done, it was however planned to execute Gross Misconduct in the future, taking upon itself, between others, the Oath of Citizenship, without the animus or intent to truly rule itself by it.

Evidence: Screenshots 1-20 in this file. Screenshots in this document between United Massachusetts and Jocospor.

Comments: We request that the indictment be approved in the trial of The North Pacific v. Artemizstan.

Thank you,
Office of the Attorney General of The North Pacific
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Sil Dorsett has informed me that they are of the view that they cannot continue to be Standby Hearing Officer in the matter The North Pacific v Slatos, as they would be bound to recuse themselves. I consider that it is, in the circumstances, in my discretion to name a new Standby Hearing Officer and I, therefore, name @SillyString to be Standby Hearing Officer for the matter.
 
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Edited Indictment:
Plaintiff: The North Pacific

I requests the court initiate proceedings in regards to the PLAINTIFF charging that the DEFENDANT did commit several criminal acts:

Criminal Acts: The Defendant committed an act of espionage, gross misconduct and treason.

Section 1.1: Treason

2. "Treason" is defined as taking arms or providing material support to a group or region for the purpose of undermining or overthrowing the lawful government of The North Pacific or any of its treatied allies as governed by the Constitution.

Section 1.2: Espionage

6. "Espionage" is defined as sharing information with a group or region when that act of sharing has not been legitimately sanctioned by the entity the information is gathered from, as limited by this section.

Section 1.9. Gross Misconduct

23. "Gross Misconduct" is defined as the violation of an individual's legally mandated sworn oath, either willfully or through negligence.

Section 1.8. Conspiracy

24. "Conspiracy" is defined as planning, attempting, or helping to commit any crime under this criminal code.

Specific Offense(s): Treason; Espionage; Gross Misconduct. Conspiracy for Gross Misconduct

Dates of alleged offences: December 31, 2018 - Present

The offending commenced on December 31, 2018 when Jocospor (Founder of the Confederation of Corrupt Dictators) ordered a player known as “Castelia” to move a puppet nation into The North Pacific with a view of it eventually working through the ranks to become Delegate of The North Pacific. Once this was established, Artemizistan would turn The North Pacific into satellite state of CCD. Artemizistan subsequently applied for citizenship and became a member of the executive staff.

Jocospor brought in United Massachusetts as an external consultant to support Castelia’s infiltration efforts. United Massachusetts was described as having senior contacts within The North Pacific’s government and that he would be able to use that role to support Castelia’s operations in The North Pacific. Other than some initial conversations on this subject with Jocospor and later in the Operations 84 channel with Castelia, United Massachusetts involvement was limited.

Artemizistan subsequently notified Jocospor that they were not able to continue with the operation due to real life matters. Jocospor accepted this answer. Castelia is now a senior member of The Supreme Council of the Confederation of Corrupt Dictators and one of its principal leaders and organisers. Artemizistan continues to hold citizenship in The North Pacific.

Evidence: Screenshots 1-20 in this file. Screenshots in this document between United Massachusetts and Jocospor.

Comments: We request that the indictment be approved to also allow for the ejection and banning of Artemizistan from the region pending trial. This will minimise the likelihood of Artemizistan continuing to tart and gain influence in the region.

Thank you,
Office of the Attorney General of The North Pacific.
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Criminal Complaint Against McMasterdonia
It brings me no pleasure to present these criminal charges to the Court. I understand that by doing so, I will be labeled a disgrace and traitor to those deeply invested in the success of McMasterdonia's delegacy platform. I acknowledge that this criminal complaint, coupled with my past r4r, will paint the picture of me as an enemy to McMasterdonia by some and a purposeful disruption to his political successes. However, despite political accomplishments, I refuse to believe that anyone is above the law. McMasterdonia has arguably committed a crime through the promotion of his personal agenda via government means which needs to be considered by the Court. He promoted a campaign which serves to only boost his personal notoriety in the NationStates realm. As I understand the presentation of criminal charges against a long-standing member of our community and current delegate is both uncomfortable and lethally-perceived, I will take this responsibility upon myself to ensure due process in our legal proceedings.

Name of Accused: McMasterdonia

Dates of Alleged Offense(s): 3/31/2020, 4/1/2020, 4/2/2020, 4/3/2020

Specific Crime: Gross Misconduct

Summary of Events: The accused used their gameside and Discord powers granted to them as delegate to promote their personal WA Secretary-General campaign. Powers in question include “region boosting” their nation on the gameside regional page, pinning their campaign dispatch and other supportive dispatches to the regional World Factbook Entry, and mass-pinging WA residents on the regional Discord server.

Evidence:
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Rejection of Indictment

Reasons drafted by Zyvetskistaahn and joined by Wonderess, Lady Raven Wing joining as to procedural defect and dissenting as to personal gain.​


Procedural Defect

The Court Rules and Procedures require that "All criminal charges brought before the Court must be presented in the form of an indictment." The Court does not consider that the charges filed meet that requirement.

While the request, in broad terms, met the requirements as to form in terms of including necessary elements (though perhaps not headed as accurately as may be desired), it goes further. The complaint filed also includes a substantial portion seeking to explain Siwale's motivation in bringing it and anticipating public reaction to it. This is substantial defect in its form. Such editorialising is not permissible in an indictment, the purpose of which is to put to a Defendant the crime they are said to have committed.

Personal gain

Further, the acts of the Defendant are in the context of an April Fools' event for election to an office that holds no power and which, as the timing of its election suggests, is a joke. In that context, insofar as it is reasonable to infer any personal gain for the Defendant, this inference can be limited only to an increase in prominence. The Defendant is the Delegate of the region, which itself is specially prominent, and can be assumed to be widely known in any event. The increase in prominence which it is reasonable to infer is necessarily small.

Some increase in prominence is a likelihood in connection with many actions of government officials. Such an increase as can be inferred would seldom be sufficient to taint government action with criminality, absent evidence that it formed a substantial part of an official's motivation when compared to other reasons for their action. There is no such evidence in this case.

Conclusion

For those reasons, the Court rejects the request for indictment filed by Siwale concerning McMasterdonia. The request may be resubmitted only if significant changes have been made to address these reasons.



I would additionally have rejected the indictment for lack of evidence as to whether the Defendant was influenced by personal gain. I do not consider that it is reasonable to infer, absent evidence of the fact, that personal gain was any part of the Defendant's motivation or, even if it were reasonable to draw such an inference, that such an inference alone could be a sufficient basis on which to find the Defendant guilty so as to merit trial.
 
Indictment​

I bring forward the following charge(s) holding that all the below is true and honest to the best of my belief.

Name of Complainant: Filipos

Name(s) of Accused: Dakota Sioux

Date(s) of Alleged Crime(s): May 29, 2020

Crime: Libel

Specifics of Crime(s):
Accusing the Delegate Prydania of Banning an Innocent Nation in the Region without any evidence.

Summary of Events: The said nation accused the Delegate of banning an innocent nation in the region. This accusation was posted on the thread which was answered by wondress and yours truly. This is a clear crime libel for that accusation was not true besides he cannot produce any evidence to prove his claim. This a clear assassination of the Character of Delegate Prydania.

Evidence: Please refer to the thread with title Criminal Case Aganst Prydania.
 
Rejection of Indictment

Reasons drafted by Zyvetskistaahn and joined by Lady Raven Wing and Wonderess.​

The indictment purports to charge Dakota Sioux with the crime of libel. No such crime is set out in the criminal code. The Bill of Rights, in article 6, provides that “No Nation shall be held to answer for a crime in a manner not prescribed by the Constitution or the Legal Code.” The Legal Code, Chapter 1, clause 1 provides “No criminal case may be brought before the Court of the North Pacific against any resident for any crime not listed in the Criminal Code.” These prohibitions prevent the Court from accepting the indictment and it must be rejected.

For those reasons, the Court rejects the request for indictment filed by Filiposgov concerning Dakota Sioux. The request may be resubmitted only if significant changes have been made to address these reasons.
 
Indictment​

I bring forward the following charge(s) holding that all the below is true and honest to the best of my belief.

Name of Complainant: I apologized what I did and promise to everyone is the RMB, instead tessie rejected my apology and just banned me like nothing happen.

Name(s) of Accused: Territorio di Nessuno

Date(s) of Alleged Crime(s): sometime in march

Crime: nothing too specific

Specifics of Crime(s):

Summary of Events: I made a alt account because I thought it would be funny after this the mods find out that the same account it was on my computer
then I I apologized what I did and promise to everyone is the RMB, instead tessie rejected my apology and just banned me like nothing happen.


Evidence:https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=1171673
my other evidence went away because it was 3 months ago
 
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