This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Free Sergeant Alexander Blackman
Release this soldier who in the opinion of many should never have been charged with murder and jailed in the first place. Sergeant Blackman was a loyal soldier who whilst doing his duty shot and killed a wounded Taliban insurgent, who moments earlier had been trying to kill both him and his men.
More details
IF any charge were to be brought at all- and i doubt this, it should have been manslaughter- not murder. This man has been let down by the establishment at the time and should be released directly. I doubt that a judge and jury in a staid courtroom could possibly understand what stress and strain under battlefield conditions has on a mans actions at a particular moment in time. All this for reasons i believe of political correctness at the time, and the pressures of (having to be seen to do something). There are many anomalies in this case which i think should cast doubt on this mans conviction -- Release Sergeant Blackman now with honor and restore him to how he was before this court ruling. Do the right thing by both him, and his family- The whole Country will thank you for it.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
We cannot accept duplicate petitions. We think this petition is similar to yours:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/108570
You might like to sign this petition instead. It is more likely to get more signatures that way.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.