Union Felony



Felony Crimes

The term felony, means a serious crime.,. Other crimes are called misdemeanours.

A felony is generally considered a crime of high seriousness, while a misdemeanour is not.

A person convicted in a court of law of a felony crime is known as a felon. In the Union,  a felony[1] as a crime punishable by death or imprisonment in excess of one year.

If punishable by exactly one year or less, it is classified as a misdemeanor.

There is a distinction between local and federal Felonies but since 3992 (OTT) and the Universal Felony Act. Almost all Union members have adopted the UFA and Felony crimes are automatically handled as a Union felony and thus processed by Union Courts and Justice Department.

Over 80% of all Union Members have neither courts nor Judges and refer all incidents to the Federal Court system (including  misdemeanor and civil law cases)

Noteable exceptions : The Saran High Court, the Court of the Queen (Klack) and the Court of Justice of the Thauran Empire [2]

Class I Felony

 * Murder ,
 * Manslaughter ,
 * Rape
 * Arson ,
 * Treason ,
 * Armed Robbery ,
 * Trading Sentient life forms against their will ,
 * Hostage taking ,
 * abduction ,
 * Genetic tampering with Sentient life or with the intent to create sentient life,
 * Trade or posession of drugs Class IV and up,
 * llegal trade of Life forms Bio Haz 5 and up,
 * Posession of a Class X weapon.
 * Espionage for a society hostile to the Union,
 * Assault on a Union Post ship or installation,
 * Piracy

Class II Felonies

 * Tampering with CITIs ,
 * Tampering with CITI machines ,
 * Tampering or theft of Union Mail ,
 * llegal posession or trade with Class III drugs,
 * Unlicenced use of Psionic drugs ,
 * Unlicenced Genetic tailoring or unlicenced genetic experiments and research,
 * Illegal use of telepathy ,
 * Illegal use of a psionic power with the intent to harm or influence a sentient being (if resulting damage is severe it can be a Class I)
 * Tampering or altering Union Vote results ,
 * Assault on a Member of the Assembly ,
 * Wrongful death ,
 * Tampering with public GalNet equipment ,
 * Assault causing bodily injury to a Union Citizen
 * escape of Prision, Correctional facility

Class III Felonies

 * Unlawful posession of a weapon of Class IV or higher,
 * Trade or posession of a regulated drug (Class II),
 * Unlicenced cybernetic surgery or Implants,
 * Burglaries and theft of Union equipment, Union ground or installations,
 * Hampering Federal Police investigations ,
 * lying under oath.
 * Space ship theft ,
 * operating a FTL capable ship without proper licence.
 * Vandalism of federal equipment ,
 * Public installations and facilities deemed vital to Union Citizens.
 * Providing harbor  or shelter to a fugitive of Union Justice ,
 * the display,theft or trade in Union military citations and symbols of honor.
 * Not responding to a Union Court Bench Warrant

Level IV Felonies
Level IV are generally local crimes reported or investigated by request of local governments by Union authorities
 * theft,
 * bribery,
 * larceny
 * and similar offenses carry sentences from 1 year to 5 years

Special Felonies A
Insulting the Klack queen while on a Klack planet, cyber attacks against Mother Machine , Disobeying a Command of the Queen while inside the Palace (Saran ). [3]

Special Felonies B
These are Federal Offenses that do not carry Imprisonment or any similar sentence but can result in the permanent or temporary loss of Citizen Status and rights
 * Conduct not beconmming a Union Citizen
 * Absent without leave from a 22 month Citizen ship assigment