Rejected petition Abolish life imprisonment

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Life imprisonment is the ultimate denial of human rights alongside the death penalty , no one deserves to be locked up for life , everyone deserves the chance to change for the better , thus I am calling on the government of the United Kingdom to abolish life imprisonment and review all existing life imprisonment cases

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Date submitted 9 August 2013
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