Rejected petition The Death Penalty

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The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent. It has never been shown to deter crime more effectively than other punishments.
Sign this petition to never bring the Death Penalty back to the UK because everyone has the right to live and the right not to be be tortured or subject to any creul, inhuman or degrading punishment

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Date submitted 7 December 2011
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