[Teralogos News] Islandia Citizen Executed on Ceres

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Islandia Citizen Executed on Ceres

SILAS DUNCAN STATION, Ceres/Teralogos	April 22, 2101   
   
Despite international protests, Islandia citizen Ray Joseph Clement, 34, was executed today on Silas Duncan Station on Ceres. Found guilty two days ago of criminal negligence that resulted in the death of his co-worker Ariel Ling in an industrial accident, Duncanite deemster Judge Giuseppe Levine signed the convicted Islander's body over to Ling's security broker, Ceres Mutual, as compensation for the loss of Ling. Ceres Mutual has lobotomized Clement and put his body up for sale as a bioshell on the open market.   
   
When asked for a statement, Judge Levine said: "Some groundhogs and Elfs back near Earth might believe that the sentence was cruel or unusual. Maybe so, but that's what punishment should be, if it's going to deter other folks from making the same bad choice. This Clement character agreed to the jurisdiction of my court when he entered into a contract with Mutual Assured Defense and I gave him a fair trial. If I didn't, I wouldn't stay in business."  
   
Silas Duncan Station is an anarchocapitalist society in which all services, including justice and law enforcement, are contracted out to firms like Mutual Assured Defense. Several Islandia and European pan-sapient rights groups, already up in arms about alleged Duncanite bioroid abuse, have called for boycotts of Green Duncanite products.   
   
- filed by Jürgen Hubert