Rejected petition Bring back capital punishment for terrorist acts on British soil

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We the British people ask that Parliament votes to enact a law that would make it a Capital crime to commit acts of terrorism on British soil and that this should also apply to the murder of any member of the emergency services.

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Date submitted 22 May 2013
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