Rejected petition Sentences for sex offences

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There should be an automatic minimum prison term for anyone convicted of any sex offences. Where the offence involves computers and the internet, including, but not limited to, downloading indecent images of children, a life ban on using the internet which if broken gets an automatic 10 year prison sentence.

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Date submitted 20 January 2012
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