This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Maximum sentencing for criminals who are convicted of abusing a child.
A child can be mentally destroyed inside after receiving abuse. Someone's childhood is completely ruined due to child abuse. Someone who has abused a child should have an maximum sentencing as they have ruined 10 or more of someone's childhood.
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This is a news story about a doctor who abused 18 boys and then received a reduced sentence:
"A Children's doctor who abused 18 boys in his care at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, has had his jail sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.
Myles Bradbury, from Suffolk, who was originally sentenced to 22 years in jail, will now serve 16 years."
ITV News
We cannot allow wicked people like this to bypass the justice system to receive a lower sentencing. They must face the maximum sentence for the evil crime.
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