Rejected petition Jail people for longer who carry bladed articles

Give out harsher more stiffer sentences , it’s a common thing now , kids /youths carrying knifes ,and there needs to be a strong deterrent

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Our children / young people are dying needlessly , and people caught with knifes etc are given conditional discharge , which on its open is Inadequate, the system in which we punish people for their crimes is a joke , it needs amending quickly to stop further needless deaths

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/563199

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Date submitted 26 May 2021
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