This petition was submitted during the 2015 to 2017 Parliament
Rejected petition Let Royal Marine Sergeant Alex Blackman Go Home on Parole for Christmas
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Royal Marine Sergeant Alex Blackman has been jailed by a flawed Court Martial for an action during military service in a war zone. He is at the moment a prisoner awaiting appeal.
As he is an honourable Royal Marine NCO, we feel he can be trusted to be released on parole, so that he may spend Christmas and New Year with his family, returning to "surrender himself to custody" when his appeal is to be heard.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
The Government and Parliament are not responsible for releasing people from prison or for making decisions about parole.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.