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[jaked122]

Wow, how did this happen, one account of breaking and entering and I was sentenced to death.

[Capital Fish]

The "Death Penelty" issue was at C+, maybe?

[mainiac]

Still... even in C+ that does seem a bit extreme.  I could see a C+ court sentencing someone to death over theft on a really conservative day, but not over B+E only.

But looking at the code, I don't think it should be possible to be sentenced to death for breaking and entering.  If I'm reading this right, the only crimes which can result in the death penalty are murder, treason and flagburning at C+ laws.  I believe these are the relevant sections:

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   if(!lenient&&((g.lawflag[LAWFLAG_MURDER])||(g.lawflag[LAWFLAG_TREASON])||
      ((g.lawflag[LAWFLAG_BURNFLAG])&&law[LAW_FLAGBURNING]==-2)||
      law[LAW_DEATHPENALTY]==-2))
   {
      if(law[LAW_DEATHPENALTY]==-2)g.deathpenalty=1;
      if(law[LAW_DEATHPENALTY]==-1)g.deathpenalty=LCSrandom(3);
      if(law[LAW_DEATHPENALTY]==0)g.deathpenalty=LCSrandom(2);
      if(law[LAW_DEATHPENALTY]==1)g.deathpenalty=!LCSrandom(5);
      if(law[LAW_DEATHPENALTY]==2)g.deathpenalty=0;
   }
...which I believe checks for a capital offense and then gives a chance of 100% (C+), 33% (C), 50% (M), 20% (L) or 0% (L+) chance of setting deathpenalty to true (1 is true).

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if(g.deathpenalty)
   {
      g.sentence=3;
      set_color(COLOR_RED,COLOR_RED,1);
      move(7,1);
      addstr(g.propername);
      addstr(", you are sentenced to DEATH!");
      refresh();
      getch();
      set_color(COLOR_WHITE,COLOR_BLACK,0);
      move(9,1);
      addstr("The execution is scheduled to occur three months from now.");
      refresh();
      getch();
   }
and this will sentence you to death if g.deathpenalty was set to true ("1") in the previous section.

So I think it's a bug that you got sentenced to death.  But I might be misreading this or it could be outdated (got it off the LCS wiki src download.)  And I'm not exactly sure what "=!LCSrandom(5)" means in the L case of the first section.  I think it should be "=LCSrandom(5)" which would set the preceding bit to a liberally random number between 1 and 5 (LCSrandom returns a random number up to the input).  So maybe that could create this bug if deathpenalty law was L?

[Ampersand]

Wait, why is the law more apt to kill you at moderate level? Or did you just put C and M backwards?

[mainiac]

Wait, why is the law more apt to kill you at moderate level? Or did you just put C and M backwards?

I was feeling confusion about that my own self.

[LiteralKa]

Wait, why is the law more apt to kill you at moderate level? Or did you just put C and M backwards?

I'll check that out.

[Servant Corps]

Wait, why is the law more apt to kill you at moderate level? Or did you just put C and M backwards?

It's not. What the code is doing is picking a random number, say, 1 to 3. If the code picks a 1, then you get executed, if not, you don't.

Looking at the code, it is possible to be sentenced to death for breaking and entering. There are three ways to get the death penalty

*The judge is not lienant and you are accused of murder
*The judge is not lienant and you are accused of Treason
*The judge is not lineant and you are accused of burning the flag and flag burning is C+
*The judge is not linenat and the current Death Penalty Law is C+.

If the judge is not linenat and the current death penalty law is C+, then it automatically decides to go to this code. Since g.deathpenalty is set to 1, this means you have a 100% chance of being executed in a C+ Death Penalty law.

[LiteralKa]

Wait, why is the law more apt to kill you at moderate level? Or did you just put C and M backwards?

It's not. What the code is doing is picking a random number, say, 1 to 3. If the code picks a 1, then you get executed, if not, you don't.

Looking at the code, it is possible to be sentenced to death for breaking and entering. There are three ways to get the death penalty

*The judge is not lienant and you are accused of murder
*The judge is not lienant and you are accused of Treason
*The judge is not lineant and you are accused of burning the flag and flag burning is C+
*The judge is not linenat and the current Death Penalty Law is C+.

If the judge is not linenat and the current death penalty law is C+, then it automatically decides to go to this code. Since g.deathpenalty is set to 1, this means you have a 100% chance of being executed in a C+ Death Penalty law.

Kinda... harsh, I'll petition Jonathan to make this less likely.

[Servant Corps]

Well, if you get some sleeper judges, then you can't get the death penalty. Sleeper judges are always "lienant". You'll "only" get life imprisonment though.

[Exxos]

I don't think this should be changed... just for the game sake, C+ law is there to make death penalty as widely used as it's possible. Death squads patrolling the streets killing for making a graffiti? (no option to give up) It is quite consistent with the whole idea of C+ country that tries to get rid of anyone who is... not fitting.

[Kanil]

It's not. What the code is doing is picking a random number, say, 1 to 3. If the code picks a 1, then you get executed, if not, you don't.

From what mainiac posted, it appears moderate picks 1-2, and C picks 1-3.

Personally, I like excessive death penalty.

[EuchreJack]

I also like the C+ auto-death penalty, as it does two things:

1) Should you be in this spot, it creates a "Do-or-Die" situation in regards to changing the country.  Well, for the members it's "Do-and-Die", but it really pushes the player to hit that courthouse.

2) Experienced players know they can't let the death penalty laws get to C+, so they make sure to keep the Court House under their control, either through sleepers or regular attacks.  Considering how many other issues are tied to the Court House, and the fact that you're gonna want two sleepers there anyways (Judge and Lawyer), it actually encourages good gameplay.

[Servant Corps]

Hm. Then it must be a bug maniac found. It seems that it should be...
*C picks 1-3
*M picks 1-4
*L picks 1-5.

[Yanlin]

No. M should be 1-7 and L should be 1-15.

[Rafal99]

...which I believe checks for a capital offense and then gives a chance of 100% (C+), 33% (C), 50% (M), 20% (L) or 0% (L+) chance of setting deathpenalty to true (1 is true).

It is 100%, 66%, 50%, 20%, 0% actually.