Rejected petition Tougher sentences for Sexual Assault

Rejected on 20 April 2021

We wish to have better support for victims and harsher punishment for sexual assaults perpetrators in the hopes of decreasing it.

20% of women experience sexual assault by 16
510,000 women between 16-59 had experienced a sexual assault last year
85,000 women (16-59) experienced rape, attemped rape or sexual assault by penetration
15% were reported to the police
Source : rapecrisis.org.uk

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Increase minimum and maximum sentences for all sexual offences: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/577443

Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578940

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