Obstruction of Justice

1) Assisting Criminals

Assisting criminals in any way, be it by granting them

spells, aiding them in their escape, or even directly assisting by attacking the Tribune is considered to be obstruction of Justice, and is a felony-class crime. The Tribune has full discretion to assign whatever punishment he desires.

2) Assaulting Tribunes Pursuing Criminals

It is a crime to prevent a Tribune from doing their job

in apprehending criminals, even unintentionally, by assaulting them while they are in search or pursuit. A Tribune must always give a warning to the person who is attacking him or her, however, before marking them a criminal. If they ignore the warning and continue to assault, they are to be marked for obstruction, a felony-class crime. A warning is not needed if the Tribune was already in combat with the criminal at the time of the assault.

3) Lying to Tribunes

Although it is understandable that not everyone is going

to be honest every time about everything, being dishonest to Tribunes about crimes, in specific, is not. If anyone lies to a Tribune about a crime, be it about a crime that was committed, surrendering, or other things, they are to be flagged for obstruction, a felony-class crime. However, only in rare, extreme cases should a Tribune execute for this crime.

4) Judicial Discretion

All other crimes not already enumerated that fall under

the category of a Tribune invoking 'Judicial Discretion' are categorized as felony-class obstruction of Justice. Tribunes may act as they see fit in those cases, with respect to punishment.

5) Changes to the Laws on Obstruction

As per the concept of 'Flexibility of the Law' under

the tome of 'Principles of the Tribunal,' these laws may be changed at any point in time, based on the methodology enumerated under the principle stated in 'Flexibility of the Law'.

So decreed by Lord Martineius, Councillor of the Tribunal.