Rejected petition Bring back public flogging for convicted rioters and looters.

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Bring back public flogging as a punishment for those convicted of the wanton destruction and looting of ones local community. Removing benifits as suggested in another e-petition is unfair to the families of the convicted and would only force the convicted into a deeper life of crime.

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Date submitted 10 August 2011
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