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[This Sunday afternoon, Franziska is sitting by her kitchen window, sunglasses perched atop her head and her whip coiled on her lap. By the angle of her NV, it appears to be propped up on a table several feet away.]I understand that there has been an influx of new arrivals lately. To those of you who don’t know me, my name is Franziska von Karma,
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In Soul Society
1) Criminals are detained in the Senzaikyou, if they are shinigami. If not, then they are confined to the Second Division cells.
2) An investigation by both Ninth Division and the Central 46.
3) It depends on the crime. Most are confined within Second Division cells for the duration of their sentence.
If a death sentence is called for, and the criminal is shinigami, then they were taken to Soukyoku hill, and executed. If they are not, then it is carried out by the Central 46 executioner.
Banishment has also been used as a punishment. Shinigami are stripped of their powers and sent to the mortal world, to live out their lives - however long that might be.
There is a final, almost unheard of punishment: confinement to the dongai. Those sentences are for those deemed too dangerous to even execute and the smallest sentence is a millennia.
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If I may, I have some further clarifications I would like to make:
1) Why are shinigami treated differently from the rest of the society? Is it because of the roles they have been tasked with?
2) What kind of personnel are involved with this 'Ninth Division' and 'Central 46'?
3) What is the 'dongai'?
No opinion of the state of matters in Siren's Port?
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2) The Central 46 is comprised of forty wise men and six judges gathered from all over Soul Society. They are the ruling body of Soul Society, by mandate of our King. Ninth Division is one of the divisions amongst the Gotei 13 and is comprised of shinigami.
3) The dangai is the precipice world; the area between the world of the living and Soul Society.
As for Siren's Port, I have not had much experience with it. Therefor, I cannot offer a proper opinion as of yet.
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1) Would those powers allow them to escape from a ordinary prison, necessitating higher-security institutions to hold them?
2) How are these wise men chosen for this ruling body? Are they democratically elected or chosen by the King?
3) I'm assuming that this is an unpleasant location to be trapped within. You mentioned millennia. Are such extended life spans normal where you are from?
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No trials where I'm from. The ones who were in charge did say they'd kill traitors to their group, and that's as far as it goes. But I think one of the worlds Sora went to had some kind of a court, but I don't know how that went. What the rules were, or- from how Roxas talked about that place, it was probably sort of topsy-turvy and whatever the Queen of the World said to do with criminals.
In Siren’s Port:
1) The police are pretty useless, for most things. I can't count on them to protect my friends, in a rough spot. They asked me a bunch of questions about the newcomer killer, once. I deal with corporate security more than I deal with police, whenever I've had trouble on company turf.
2) I know that they haven't been able to do much for Sam, so I'm not too impressed so far.
3) There's too many bad stuff that people get away with. Or the companies frame people up for, then use that to get people working for them.
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Agreed. The court system here is rather similar to the one I am familiar with back home; slightly less efficient, but the structure's certainly there. The companies here are a significant course of corruption here in this city, unlike anything I have seen in a developed country back home.
In fact, it is that corruption, and the examination thereof, that has lead to my career change and projected future research in this direction.
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So you're going to teach people to be better at it? How many years is that going to take, till things are different?
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And I am determined to continue in this field for as long as it takes, or until it is deemed no longer necessary.
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1) Yes
2) Prosecution and Defense take turns at the witnesses and evidence, make statements
3) ...I think our justice systems are similar with the whole community stuff and prison.
Port:
1) I AM THE POLICE.
2) Yes. Part of the job. I won't call them fair yet since the companies have deep pockets.
3) Depends. Do we got the funding to dish out penalties? I haven't seen it.
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Port:
1)'YOU ARE THE POLICE'? I take that to mean that you are currently in the employ of the SPPD. How long have you been working with them for?
2) How much of an influence do you perceive the corporations to have over the court system?
3) Let's say, hypothetically, the there was no monetary issue involved.
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1) Around May.
2) A lot. As in, painfully a lot of influence. That AGI trial was a step up, for sure.
3) Certain laws need to be changed in order to make any justified penalties.
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1) What do your responsibilities with the police force entail?
2) By 'the AGI trial', are you referring to trial regarding the matter of slavery headed by Prosecutors Edgeworth and Armando?
3) Certainly, yes, but what, in your opinion, would constitute a 'justified' penalty?
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Ranking, as in military. As in, the word of a general would have far more weight than a foot soldier. Evidence matters, if you could find the right people to present it to.
And, yes, lashings.
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