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FNR | Supreme Court: Case Summary #001

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Founded January 15, 2016 - United December 25, 2016


Case Summary #001

Case Details



Full Name: The Free Nations Region v. Allangoria, Neo-Trinity, Hansdeltania, The United Provinces of North America, Hetairaea and Grand Abaco
Abbreviation: Case #001


Presiding Justices:
  • The united world organization (Resigned 04/03/2021)

  • Castenor

  • Valid

Attorney General: Tigerania
Public Prosecutor: South Asians
Defense:

  • Grand Abaco (Represented by Himself)

  • Allangoria (Did Not Contest)

  • Hansdeltania (Did Not Contest)

  • Neo-trinity (Did Not Contest)

  • The united provinces of north america (Did Not Contest)

  • Hetairaea (Did Not Contest)

Duration: 24/01/2021 - 16/06/2021
Charges: Treason and Sedition against all the accused.



Case Background

On September 9, 2020, Ex-Founder and Former President Allangoria made a group chat named "Treason Gang" alongside The United Provinces of North America (Felixx), the then Minister of Defense Sargon Reman and the then RP Moderator Neo-Trinity (CV-34). A Citizen named Grand Abaco (BB-61) was added later in the chat. The Group chat was in use for three days during which the members were finding ways to prevent the then FNR President Heaveria from getting re-elected. They were also scheming to find legal loopholes to help Allangoria reclaim the Founder Account. Allangoria made a false narrative about his departure as founder in the group chat and also made conspiracy theories about the FNR Government being corrupt. Other Group Members also shared their Conspiracy Theories about the corruption in the FNR Government. The group members were discussing about installing a President who would work according to the interests of the RP Community. Grand Abaco even advocated for the RP Community to secede from the Free Nations Region and found their own independent region. The screenshots of this group chat were given by a person who wishes to stay anonymous.

On October 14, 2020, The Free Nations Region Moderation team decided to dismiss three Moderators in the RP Server for ignoring OOC misconduct in the server and issued warnings to several people. This action caused a massive rebellion against the Free Nations Region Moderation Team in the RP Community. Several Roleplayers were banned in the span of a few days for rapidly flaming, flamebaiting, using homophobic slurs and giving suicide threats. The Free Nations Region Moderation Team tried to negotiate with the rebels but no permanent solution was found that was satisfactory to both parties. In the end, the FNR Moderation Team archived the Roleplay Server and integrated it with the main server. The actions of The Free Nations Region Moderation Team were condemned by the government of St Abbaddon led by their Chief Elder Allangoria who voiced his support for the rebels.

On October 29, 2020, The Rebel Roleplayers who formed the majority of the FNR Roleplay Community back then seceded and formed their own region named The Roleplaying Paradise led by the then RP Cartographer Hansdeltania. Prior to the formation of that region, Hansdeltania was banned for destroying the WFE, banning Doctors Orvos' Puppet and changing the regional flag of the Roleplay Region of the Free Nations Region "The Roleplay Paradise". Allangoria declared the Roleplaying Paradise region a part of The Freedom Isles.

Note: A report of all the OOC Violations done by the Roleplayers is present in the FNR Discord Server. It can't be linked in this dispatch because of having Non-PG-13 Content potentially violating site policy.


Pre-Trial
Presiding Judges: Valid, The United World Organization and Castenor

The case was first dismissed by the FNR Supreme Court on January 27, 2021 because of the lack of a Prosecutor who was supposed to be approved by the Attorney General. The newly appointed Attorney General Tigerania gave permission to South Asians to be the public prosecutor in this case. The trial restarted after that.
The Pre-Trial began with the Public Prosecutor submitting all the evidence to the Judges. The evidence can be found here:-

All the Accused were charged according to the Criminal Code Act of 2020 with:-

Sedition
section 2(ii): rebels, incites or attempts to incite rebellion against the FNR civilian government or the chain of command of the FNDA from within FNR or outside of it.

Treason
Section 1(i): levies, attempts to levy, incites others to levy, or attempts to incite others to levy war against FNR.
Section 1(ii): seizes, attempts to seize, incites others to seize, or attempts to incite others to seize a position unlawfully.


Plea-Trial
Presiding Judges: Valid and Castenor

On February 22, 2021, The Plea-Trial began. All the accused were asked to plea guilty and/or not-guilty. This is how they plead:-

Accused

Plea

Allangoria

No-Contest

Neo-Trinity

No-Contest

Hansdeltania

No-Contest

Hetairaea

No-Contest

The United Provinces of North America

No-Contest

Grand Abaco

Not Guilty


Trial Hearing
Presiding Judges: Valid and Castenor

The Trial Hearing began on May 14, 2021.
In the Opening Statement, the Public Prosecutor said that, according to the evidences submitted by him, all the members of the "Treason Gang" were planning a conspiracy to help Allangoria reclaim the founder nation. They were also planning to prevent Heaveria from running for a re-election. They were making these plans with Allangoria who isn't a part of FNR. The accused Grand Abaco even made claims that the Roleplay Community should secede and form their own region. Something that actually happened one month later. This raises a question whether the secession was spontaneous or pre-planned. Either way all of them have played a role in the RP Rebellion and the Secession that followed it. While the secessionists were planning in their discord Hetairaea was actively recruiting more people in the rebellion while also asking Hansdeltania to secretly make unauthorised changes in the Roleplay Paradise Region, which he did. Neo-Trinity tried to unsuccessfully recruit the then 10000 Islands Delegate Kuriko and her region in this Rebellion as seen in those screenshots by making false claims of forum destruction against the FNR Moderation Team. They also planned to discredit FNR by issuing a SC Condemnation against it. All the accused were part of seditious activities.

The Defendant Grand Abaco who was representing himself in the court said in their opening statement that he was under the illusion of FNR Government being corrupt and that it was being run by a few powerful members. He was under the impression that whatever Crystal and Sargon said about the FNR Government was true. He regrets that he didn't see the full picture back then and believed in everything they said. He said he wasn't the mastermind behind the rebellion or the "Treason Gang" group chat like the prosecution thinks he is. He was just unhappy with the conduct of the government and the moderators towards the Roleplay Community.

The Prosecution questioned Defense that Why didn't they share their grievances in Public and decided to instead share them in a group chat with people who were allegedly engaging in unlawful activities. The Prosecution also claimed that the Defendants actions were anti-government and did played a part in the rebellion that occured one month after that group chat.

The Defendant claimed that he was afraid of getting banned if he criticizes the government in public. He said that he wasn't confident enough to criticize the government in public.

The Prosecution called the claim "BS" saying that getting banned for criticizing the government is clearly an "abuse of power" according to the FNR Laws and could have grave consequences for the government official who did so. If he was under the impression that there was corruption present in the FNR Government that was the best opportunity to prove it in the public. Instead the defendant decided to conspire against the FNR Government in a private group chat. The Prosecution said that revolutions with good intentions happen publicly while treasons and coups that are done with a malicious intent happen in secret. The Defendant always had an option to raise their grievances in public which was the lawful path and instead they chose to break the law. The Reason behind the Defendant's lack of knowledge about the current state of the FNR Government was due to the lack of integration of the RP Community with the main region. The RP Community always saw themselves as a separate entity and that made them an easy target to manipulate by the likes of Allangoria and Sargon Reman. Now that the RP Community is fully integrated to the main community with the merge of the RP Discord Server to the main server, roleplayers are actively participating in the FNR Government and are fully aware of the government happenings. The integration has happened to such extent that a Roleplayer got elected as the Vice President this was impossible without the steps taken by the FNR Moderation Team.

The Defendant in reply said that the RP Community has always seen themselves as a separate identity. The community never wanted government/moderator intervention. That's why this rebellion happened. He again repeated that he didn't play a major role in this rebellion he spent most of it in sidelines. He admitted that he was indeed a part of the conversation in the Treason Gang and the things that he said might be incriminating. He further admitted that his ignorance and lack of an overview of the FNR Government made him believe that. The Defendant denied the claims made by the Prosecutor that the Treason Gang Chat had something to do with the Rebellion. He claimed that the banishment of Hansdeltania and other major Roleplayers and the sudden Moderator Intervention in the Roleplay Server has caused the rebellion.

At this point, the Judges decided to adjourn the trial and announce the verdict soon.


Verdict

The Verdict of Case #001 of the Free Nations Region Supreme Court was announced on June 16, 2021. Here is the Verdict:-

Accused

Verdict

Allangoria

Guilty of Treason and Sedition. Permanently banned from The Free Nations Region and all its properties.

Neo-Trinity

Guilty of Treason and Sedition. Permanently banned from The Free Nations Region and all its properties.

Hansdeltania

Guilty of Treason and Sedition. Permanently banned from The Free Nations Region and all its properties.

Hetairaea

Guilty of Treason and Sedition. Permanently banned from The Free Nations Region and all its properties.

The United Provinces of North America

Guilty of Treason and Sedition. Permanently banned from The Free Nations Region and all its properties.

Grand Abaco

Not Guilty of Treason. Guilty of Sedition. Citizenship Indefinitely Revoked. The Convict can't hold any public offices in the Free Nations Region until further notice. Convict was given a reduced Sentencing due to being very narrowly guilty of any crimes punishable by the law and his good conduct within the court and cooperation with the Justice System.

Signed,
The Supreme Court of the Free Nations Region

Chief Justice Valid
Valid

Justice Gullyslanarmaing
Gullyslanarmaing

Justice Castenor

Justice Emaha

Case Summary written by South Asians

The Dispatch Office of FNR

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