Rejected petition Ensure that sentencing fits the crime regardless of perpetrators background.

Mustafa Bashir (07/04/2016) has today been jailed for 18 months for domestic violence when just a week ago he was spared jail on the ground that his potential career with Leicestershire County Cricket Club would be prevented by a custodial sentence.

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Mustafa Bashir actions and offences should have been what determined the sentence passed. His stunted career progression should not have been a deciding factor between a prison sentence and walking free.

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.

Decisions about sentences in individual cases are the responsibility of the courts, which are independent of the Government and Parliament.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 7 April 2017
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