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Jeremiah Johaicom

Heritage: Drac
Planet of Origin: Dracus

Notes

Founder of the religious movement that bears his name. He was more pragmatic than Emile Barzados, who led the movement and colonization efforts in later years. William Norris based his own laws on those first established by Jeremiah Johaicom.

The following chart provides a history with respect to the laws that govern Dracus at the beginning of the Star Spawn Saga.

SE YearEvent
SE -9Jeremiah Johaicom born.
SE 48The death penalty established as a result of the so-called "sex sins" and sexually-transmitted diseases sweeping Dracus and its colonies. Adultery (extra-martial sex) and fornication (pre-marital sex) outlawed.
SE 51The adultery and fornication laws are repealed as impossible to enforce. All persons convicted under the repealed laws are released back into society.
SE 55The Johaicom religious movement starts in response to continued devastation caused by the so-called sex-sins and sexually-transmitted diseases.
SE 64The Johaicom religious movement gains sufficient political clout to introduce and pass rigid mating laws. The sacred nature of the mating contract is established.
SE 72The Johaicom mating laws are modified to include term (limited-length and renewable) relationships.
SE 83High incidents of criminal rape (over 50% of all criminal acts) create severe prison overpopulation. Studies show that longer prison sentences do not deter potential rapists from committing the crime.
SE 85Increasing incidence of rape, increased political clout of women, rising numbers of reported sexually-transmitted diseases, and a general disgust with the legal system force the planetary legal bodies to write severe new penalties for all rapists. Upon first conviction, non-reversible sterilization by operation is mandated.
SE 86The cases of rape decline less dramatically than predicted. Studies show that sterilization only prevents unwanted pregnancies by repeat offenders. Penalties increased to include removal of sexual organs for both male and female offenders. While demonstrations come close to reaching riot proportions over the severity of the penalties, proponents point to an immediate and dramatic decrease in rape incidents. The laws and mandated penalties are upheld.
SE 88Rape incidents drop below 1% of all criminal acts.
SE 90Rape incidents drop below 10 per year on Dracus. Colonies report two cases, one involving a so-called "date."
SE 92The infamous date rape case is brought before highest court. New laws are written stipulating when a rape is not a criminal rape.
SE 97Religious intolerance toward rape in any form force changes in the laws. A uniform, pre-relationship consent form is adopted for intercourse.
SE 99Jeremiah Johaicom dies.
SE 107For the first time in Drac history, there are no cases of rape reported for the entire year.
SE 155Rapes, as the result of non-mating relationships, start increasing.
SE 157William Norris establishes laws similar to those of Johaicom for dating.
SE 159The Norris laws are challenged when an eleven-year-old boy is convicted of raping a thirteen-year-old girl. Psychiatric tests prove that the boy, Chato Demtris, knew what he was doing. He undergoes the mandatory surgery.
SE 164Chato Demtris launches his major drive to "educate" the male of the species on the nature of rape. He is brought to trial for sedition.
SE 165Demtris riots force changes in the laws, prohibiting sexual innuendo in the media, arts and literature, and advertising. The laws, with few variations, remain in place for hundreds of years.