Syndal wrote:
But...if something is imprisonment and confiscation, I have to serve time, either way? But if it's just confiscation, and I'm naked, I could end up serving way more time than just an imprisonment crime? 2 days, just for theft.
That depends on your definition of "way more", but the answer is probably 'yes'. In the example you gave, you would have had to serve at least 1 day, so the fact that you didn't pay any fine meant a double length sentence. Imprisonment is always 1 day. Turning yourself in naked may raise that to 3 or 4 days for certain crimes. Do the math.
The corollary is that you can now serve jail time while off-line, so I am not as concerned about long jail sentences.
Syndal wrote:
Also, the new theft code, prevents allies from saving their buddy's things.
I hadn't really thought about that. Since there is the possibility of being pardoned for crimes, I'm unsure how big a problem it will be.