Add missing Space Law Sections to the guidebook (#6223)

* move spacelaw into space law folder

* move procedural defense to its own file

* add sentences and modifers to SpaceLaw guidebook
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space-law-name = Space Law
space-law-procedural-defense = Procedural Defense
space-law-sentences = Sentences
space-law-crime-modifiers = Crime Modifiers
space-law-criminal-reference-name = Crimes Quick Code References

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- type: guideEntry
id: SpaceLaw
name: space-law-name
text: /ServerInfo/Guidebook/_DV/SpaceLaw/SpaceLaw.xml
text: /ServerInfo/Guidebook/_DV/SpaceLaw/SpaceLaw/SpaceLaw.xml
children:
- ProceduralDefense
- SpaceLawSentences
- CrimeModifiers
- SpaceLawCrimesReferences
# Child Entry
- type: guideEntry
id: ProceduralDefense
name: space-law-procedural-defense
text: /ServerInfo/Guidebook/_DV/SpaceLaw/SpaceLaw/ProceduralDefense.xml
- type: guideEntry
id: SpaceLawSentences
name: space-law-sentences
text: /ServerInfo/Guidebook/_DV/SpaceLaw/SpaceLaw/Sentences.xml
- type: guideEntry
id: CrimeModifiers
name: space-law-crime-modifiers
text: /ServerInfo/Guidebook/_DV/SpaceLaw/SpaceLaw/CrimeModifiers.xml
- type: guideEntry
id: SpaceLawCrimesReferences
name: space-law-criminal-reference-name
text: /ServerInfo/Guidebook/_DV/SpaceLaw/CrimeReferences.xml
text: /ServerInfo/Guidebook/_DV/SpaceLaw/SpaceLaw/CrimeReferences.xml

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<Document>
# Crime Modifiers
Sentencing modifiers are to be applied by the sentencing officer, judge, or arbiter. Aggravating modifiers may not extend a sentence beyond the specified limit, while extenuating modifiers may not reduce a sentence below the specified limit.
## Aggravating
[bold]Solicitation[/bold]: Any entity found guilty of encouraging, bribing, requesting, or instructing someone to commit a crime, with the intent that the entity being solicited commit the crime, will receive for the crimes they solicited in full.
[bold]Accessory[/bold]: Any entity found guilty of assisting in the commission of a crime, without participating in the crime itself, knowing that a crime will be, has been, or is being committed, will receive the sentence for the crimes in which they took part in full.
[bold]Attempts[/bold]: Any entity found guilty of attempting to commit a crime, with the intent to carry out that crime, will receive the sentence for the crimes they attempted in full.
[bold]Conspiracy[/bold]: Any entity found guilty of planning to commit a crime, with the intent to carry out that crime eventually, and having committed an overt act pursuant to that end, will receive the sentence for the crimes they conspired towards in full.
[bold]Deadly weapon[/bold]: Any entity found guilty of committing a crime, utilising any object used offensively for the purpose of inflicting mortal or great bodily harm, will receive an additional modifier of, at most, +50% of the original sentence.
[bold]Aggravation[/bold]: Any entity found guilty of committing a crime with reckless abandon, evident signs of lack of regret or remorse, or blatant disregard for potential collateral damage, will receive an additional modifier of, at most, +50% of the original sentence.
[bold]Recidivism[/bold]: Any entity convicted of the same criminal charge multiple times within one shift will receive an additional modifier of, at most, +100% of the original sentence.
## Extenuating
[bold]Cooperation[/bold]: Any entity who shares actionable intelligence with the authorities, turns oneself in, testifies against accomplices, confesses to their crime, or otherwise aids the prosecution, may have their sentence reduced to no less than 50% of the original sentence.
[bold]Dire Emergency[/bold]: Any entity found to have committed a crime in the process of absolutely necessary and reasonable actions, taken with the intent to resolve or mitigate the effects of a dire emergency on ones vessel or habitat, may have their sentence reduced by any amount, or completely waived.
[bold]Self-Defence[/bold]: Any entity found to have committed a crime or crimes in protection of oneself or another, and only to the necessary extent to avert a direct and imminent threat to the health and life of innocent persons, may have their sentence reduced by any amount, or completely waived.
[bold]Good Behavior[/bold]: Any convict who peacefully complies with the authorities, displays clear signs of remorse concerning the committed crime, and/or conducts themselves peacefully while imprisoned, may be paroled as outlined in the Standard Operating Procedures.
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<Document>
# Procedural Defense
If a defendant is accused of a crime, they are granted the privilege to challenge the legitimacy of charges of claims brought against them. Any of the following may be invoked:
- [bold]Double Jeopardy Clause[/bold]: accused persons may are not to be charged on the same charges following an acquittal or conviction, except in the case of acquittal and subsequent credible admission of guilt.
- [bold]Entrapment Clause[/bold]: accused persons found to be induced or coerced into the commission of the crimes listed in the charges are to be acquitted.
- [bold]Exclusionary Clause[/bold]: evidence collected and/or analyzed in violation of accused persons rights under law is inadmissible.
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# Sentences
## Capital
[bold]Execution[/bold]: Termination of the convict's life.
- Whenever any execution is performed, outside of Martial Law, a general announcement must be made stating who was executed, and for what reason.
- The convict may either face execution by firing squad, by lethal electrocution, by being ejected from the station via an airlock (being "spaced"), or by a method of their choosing, at the Judge's sole discretion.
- If recoverable, their remains must either be cremated, processed via the biomass reclaimer, or stored in the morgue.
[bold]Exfiltration[/bold]: Immediate retrieval of the convict via a CentComm or GALPOL prison transport.
- The prisoner may be held within the permanent brig until the transport arrives.
[bold]Extended Confinement[/bold]: The convict has the same rights as any other prisoner within the Permanent Brig, whether they arrived by transport or were sentenced to Extended Confinement.
- The prisoner may be held within the permanent brig until the transport arrives.
## Standard
[bold]Brigging[/bold]: Placing the convict into a temporary holding cell.
[bold]Catch & Release[/bold]: Taking the convict to Security, processing them, searching them, and then releasing them.
[bold]Demotion[/bold]: Downgrading the convicts employment contract and revoking their access accordingly, with permission from or when ordered by the convicts head of department. May be applied when the convict has committed a crime relating to their employment within their department or with NanoTrasen as a whole.
[bold]Licence restriction[/bold]: Downgrading or suspending the convicts armament licence and confiscating possessions accordingly. May be applied when the convict is guilty of possession or a crime involving a weapon they were lawfully permitted to carry.
[bold]Licence restriction[/bold]: Removal of the convicts noöspheric or other otherworldy connections by use of mindbreaker toxin, ardent censer, or any other means. May be applied when the convict is guilty of a crime in which they use psionics, otherworldy abilities, or similar powers.
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- [bold]Pressing Charges[/bold]: Any Employee may press charges against any other entity. Individuals may only be charged with a crime if it can be proven beyond reasonable doubt that they have committed the crime.
- [bold]Hearing Procedure[/bold]: A criminal hearing's Judge must be, in sequential order: The Chief Justice, the Court Clerk, an impartial member of Justice or Station Command, or the Warden. The Prosecution should ideally be the Prosecutor, or an available member of Station Command or Station Security in that order. The Defense should ideally be a member of the Justice department assigned to the defendant, though they are allowed to represent themselves if they wish.
- [bold]Alert Procedure[/bold]: Codes Blue, Red, Gamma, and Delta encourage Security to carry progressively more advanced equipment, and loosen Rules of Engagement regarding their use. The former two codes disallow openly carrying firearms by personnel; the latter two suspend many rights to privacy, and grant Security the power to do whatever neccessary to retake or scuttle the station.
If a defendant is accused of a crime, they are granted the privilege to challenge the legitimacy of charges of claims brought against them. Any of the following may be invoked:
- [bold]Double Jeopardy Clause[/bold]: accused persons may are not to be charged on the same charges following an acquittal or conviction, except in the case of acquittal and subsequent credible admission of guilt.
- [bold]Entrapment Clause[/bold]: accused persons found to be induced or coerced into the commission of the crimes listed in the charges are to be acquitted.
- [bold]Exclusionary Clause[/bold]: evidence collected and/or analyzed in violation of accused persons rights under law is inadmissible.
</Document>