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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament

Rejected petition The death penalty to be re-instated for terrorist acts in the UK.

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As a result of the Terrorist attack in Woolwich on 22nd May 2013 to ask the Government to re-instate the death penalty for anyone who is convicted of any act of terrorism, where someone has died as a direct result of the attack, any where in the United Kingdom.

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