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Welcome to the City Courthouse everybody. Sorry it's so early in the morning, but we are in a bit of a rush to get things organised. There was a murder last night, you see, and we need to ensure that whoever was responsible is brought to justice.
My name is Vollkan and I work here at the court as a general odd-job man, but I've been told to prep you all as to exactly why you've been called here today, and as to what will be required of you. Last night, a Mr Larry Butz was found dead in his apartment. As per the new procedural requirements, the trial has to take place today - and the details of that are still being finalised at the moment.
The trial will begin shortly, but first let me first give you some general information about the court system.
Each day will consist of a trial, lasting 24 hours in court-time (which is equal to 3 weeks real world-time). Anyway, some recent ridiculous...*ahem* er "reforms" of the court system have resulted in a requirement that
Let me go over the trial process in detail. This is
Each trial has somebody designated as the Defendant. That person will be convicted at the 3 week deadline
The outcome of the trial is controlled by the Jury. The Jury each day consists of a number of select individuals from the courtroom. Each day, the number of persons designated as Jurors shall be equal to a majority of persons in the courtroom (excluding me because I'm just a nobody). For a person other than the Defendant to be convicted there must be a unanimous verdict among the Jurors that somebody else is guilty. The Jurors may convict the Defendant before deadline if they want, but they will need a unanimous verdict to do so. Thus,
The one exception to this rule is if the person being voted for is a Juror. If the Jury wishes to convict a Juror, there must be a unanimous verdict among the other Jurors and a ratifying vote from a non-Juror (or a self-vote from the Juror in question). Non-Jurors may cast ratifying votes whenever they wish, but their votes will not be able to achieve a conviction without unanimity among the other the other Jurors.
1. Every day phase consists of a trial.
2. Each trial must end with a conviction.
3. Any person convicted will be executed.
4. Each trial has a Defendant.
5. If no conviction is reached by the end of the 3-week trial deadline, then the Defendant will be convicted regardless.
6. The Jury, which consists of a numerical majority of the living players are the only players who may vote to convict.
7. In order to convict somebody, a unanimous verdict must be reached. This requires that all members of the Jury individually vote for a single person, be it the defendant or somebody else.
8. The Jury may convict a Juror if there is unanimous agreement among the other Jurors and a ratifying vote from a non-Juror (or a self-vote from the Juror in question).
9. Once a convicted person is executed, it becomes the night phase.
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