This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Petition Restore Capital punishment for terrorists & killers of our police & Armed Forces
Capital Punishment was abolished in 1969.
and for treason was abolished in 1998
With the ever increasing global threat from terrorism, now is the time to restore Capital punishment
Those who seek to murder by terrorism or kill our armed forces and police should pay the ultimate price
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With the heinous murder of Lee Rigby by terrorists, it showed how great the threat to our country really was.
Those who would seek to murder our citizens, Armed Forces and police should face the ultimate sanction.
Furthermore, there is now a fresh threat to our shores from Irish terrorists.
It is time that Capital punishment for the offences of terrorism, murder of Armed Forces and police was brought back on to the statute books.
The evil cowards who cause death and destruction deserve no less
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