Rejected petition Following the Brexit vote should the UK reintroduce the death penalty?

The UK has always had the death penalty up until 1965 when it was abolished by The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965.EU law forbids the death penalty being introduced in any country which is a member of the EU.Should the UK reintroduce the death penalty following Brexit?

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Date submitted 16 October 2016
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