San Andreas Court System
From my side is time that we have a court system and be a normal state withing Unites States and not a Police State. So here I present my idea that I had been having along moths and any Constructive criticism is welcome and also would be set in this post as Ideas at the end.
From my side this would help to create more civilians jobs for the server and decrease the sensation that we are on a Cops Vs Robbers server. Having a more robust civilian side on the server that is only set by mechanics, DCC, and wezel news.
General Structure
All these positions should be withing the Government Faction. And would be paid by the faction.
Also if you have a LAWYER Certification issued by the government Faction you can be independent lawyer for any one who would need you. (This one will not be payed by the government, he will be payed by it's clients)
Judge: This Will be the person who will decide the final sentence based on the evidence presented and the points of the prosecutor and the defense attorney. Also is going to be the one who handles the hole case so he/she will be the one starting the case on Forums (Explained soon).
Prosecutor: This would be a lawyer that would handle the cases against suspects or civilians representing the government. For Example: He/She will be the one going against the suspect that committed a crime or a civilian. He will be also defending the city against lawsuits of government factions like PD, SD, DOC. Will be the one presenting the evidence and the points to convict the suspect or civilian.
Attorney: This will be a lawyer who is going to represent a civilian on civil cases where a civilian is presenting a lawsuit against an other civilian or a faction (Can be a government faction or any other entity).
Defense Attorney: This will be the lawyer who will defend the accusations against their clients, could be the suspect or the civilian. He will be in charger of presenting the points to demonstrate that his client is innocent.
Juries: This will NOT exist during this stage since is hard enough to get the people that will be involve on the case. So the Judge will take the place of the juries at this time been.
Any attorney in any position will have the benefit of Client-Attorney privilege where the client can disgust with his attorney in private and nothing said during that could be used. (I hope you guys understand me on this since is hard to explain)
Upon Arrest
Miranda Rights
During an arrest their Miranda Right have to be presented to the Suspect so again everything that he say can be used here as statements. Where the prosecutor can use as solid evidence. In case of the Miranda Rights had not been read to him this statements can not be used during the case and would be dismissed as evidence, this will not be an excuse to stop the procedure against the suspect but it will be harder for the prosecutor to prove their involvement and actions.
Suspect Processing
Upon arrest the suspect would have TWO OPTIONS, Accepting the chargers or go to court. This decision has to be taking only by him self.
Accepting the Chargers: By accepting the chargers it will be as everything has been so far. The officer place the chargers and he will be getting his time on a cell.
Go to court: This is the tricky part. Upon the decision of going to court he will have to go to jail as always but it will be a 1/3 of the time of the actual charges with the option of BAIL. Bail can be paid by himself or a friend and he will be release from his cell, but this doesn't means that he is out of the process. The case will be handled on forums and on await of the final decision (Please go to the sentence section).
Forums (Case Handling)
Since is hard enough to get people on the server for a court case here's an opportunity to continue the RP from every location with out having to be on the game by setting up the case on the forum and IC roleplaying everything that involves it.
This will be simple but it has to be roleplay all the way on the forums, with /mes and /dos where the judge will arrive and every one has to get on their feet etc etc.
A Topic would be Open and presented by the Judge where as reply's will be the points of the prosecutor or the presenting attorney along with the evidence, like arrest reports, body camera, Dash camera, recording and Items. And then followed by the evidence of the defense and their points. Then the prosecutor will have a space to disprove the evidence provided by the defense and any other points. Then the defense can do the same. This can include the witness and officer statements too as replys when asked for.
All the persons involved during the case should be tagged on forums.
Examples of Titles of the Topic:
Los Santos Police Department Vs John Doe
John Doe vs Los Santos Police Department
John Doe vs John Doe (Civilian Case)
BayView vs Los Santos Customs
Sentences
So here it comes the final decision.
Upon Applying the Chargers: If the judge rules that the chargers will be applied, the chargers time would be multiply by 3 that means that he will have to serve times 3 the time of the charge. Also this time can be set up by the judge as his convince. But normally it should be a lot more than the normal time of the chargers of the case of accepting chargers on upon arrest section. Also a warrant with the court chargers will be set up for the suspect in case he decides to flee.
The fines in the other hand, will be the same since they are high enough. But if he or a friend already pay it on bail, no need to be placed here.
Discharging the Chargers: In this case since he already serve 1/3 of the time in jail and he had those chargers on his record. These chargers will be removed from his record and a compensation has to be made by the government, the pay of the attorney (In case he hire a personal lawyer.), and the BAIL Money multiply times 2.
(If you have suggestions about adding things to this part please let me now and I will do a list under here.)
The x3 times can be decided by Head Admin and change it to what they want, but this is an incentive to go more of the option of "Accepting Chargers" on the Upon Arrest section.
Investigations (PD IB, SD IB, FBI)
If a investigation was made before actually arresting some one, that some one will not have any other choice to go under the "Go to Court" option on the upon arrest section. And the investigation party will have to present all the evidence so the prosecutor can handle the case.
Warrants
This part is simple if a law enforcement officer wish to brake upon a house or any other type of warrant he will have to request it to a judge. The judge will evaluate the evidence provided to accept or deny the search warrant or an arrest warrant.
What would be require to implement this?
Developer Side:
Let a judge set up Chargers and Times for the arrest and also dismiss chargers.
Have an option of a selector in the arrest calculator that will read Court, where the charge time is going to be 1/3 of the actual time and also the fine will be a Bail Charge.
Set up a Bail system where he or a any one can pay for his bail.
Non Developer Side:
A new IC Forum for the Court system for cases and Warrants requests.
New jobs as described on the general structure on the Government Faction.
(Sorry if I present some spelling or grammar mistakes, English is not my native language but I try my best.)