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🛡️ Right to a defence
Everyone accused of wrongdoing gets someone to speak for them and a chance to answer the case against them. A trial where only one side talks is not a fair trial.
🛡️ In the game: “Right to a defence”
Everyone accused gets someone to speak for them.
You learn this law in Court day: is it fair?, in the Sun-Gear mystery. Then you can pass it in your town Council, where it belongs to 🛡️ Order.
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Every law in the game has an upside and a cost, just like real rules.
In real life
Many countries provide a lawyer for people who cannot afford one in serious cases. Human-rights treaties list the right to a defence as part of a fair trial.
Think about it
Why might a defender help the whole town, not only the person accused?