This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Free Sarah Sands or at least allow her orginal sentence
Sarah was sentenced to three and a half years for fatally stabbing a convicted paedophile Mike Pleasted 77, 28th November 2014. Her sentence has now been changed to seven and a half years
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Because of 30 members of the public complaining Sarah had to go back a court of appeal and her sentence has now been changed to seven and a half years. Firstly this mother handed herself in to the police and Mike had previous convictions and was on bail. How is this fair!
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