This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition to increase the sentence if found guilty of killing someone whilst driving
12 years is the maximum sentence currently available for killong someone i. a car,even if over the limit or on the phone.This is far to leniant,it should match that of a murder charge. It needs to change,so many families are affected
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Read this....He only gets 12 years
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-35169126
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/116639
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