Rejected petition restore the death penalty for those convicted of child murder

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Please sign to force a debate in parliament to restore the death penalty for convicted child murderers. One lost child is one too many. LesleyAnne Downey, Keith Bennett, John Kilbride,James Bulger, Holly Wells, Jessica Chapman, Sarah Pain , April Jones and all the others.Sadly this list continues to grow. We need a deterrent to make would be killers know that their own life,will also be forfeit. And if it fails to deter, then the punishment fits the crime. "An eye for an eye"

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Date submitted 7 October 2012
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