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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament

Rejected petition Make punishment fit the crime, enough soft sentences. Murder should attract a minimum of thirty years without parole.

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Reform the far too liberal light jail sentences that are so often handed down by the judiciary in very serious cases from child abuse (particularly rape) to murder.

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