Petition Increase jail sentence terms for serious crimes committed in the UK

There is a general opinion among the British population that the British justice system is too lenient, that many of the jail sentences are too short and that violent offenders/murderers get out of jail in a relatively short time. This petition seeks to make punishment more fitting with the crime.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

13 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 13 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 22 June 2016
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