Rejected petition Self Defece Law to be created in the UK

Thousands of people are serving prison sentences because they have stood up against abusers.
Today's law states that you should let the attacker kill or injure you without recourse.

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20% of women in prison are serving sentences because they fought back against abusers. This is wrong, please sign in order for our government to acknowledge self defence

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. Self-defence is already available as a defence in some circumstances. You can find out more here:

http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/s_to_u/self_defence/

You could start a new petition explaining clearly how you would like the law to be changed.

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Date submitted 19 January 2017
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