This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Reduce Sarah Sands prison sentence back to what it originally was
Single mother of five Sarah Sands was convicted and sentenced for 3.5 years for stabbing to death a convicted paedophile who was on trial again for interfering with young boys. Sands was recently re-trailed and had her sentence doubled
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sands has never been in trouble never denied what she did and was sentenced accordingly at the time. Why has this mother of five had her sentence doubled and once again the paedophile with 24 previous convictions has once again indirectly ruined 5 more children's lives. A crime was committed a sentence was passed but now doubled don't let these 5 children be this paedophiles other victims help get the new sentence over turned to the original sentence
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It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
This isn't something that the Government or Parliament could do. Decisions about sentencing are the responsibility of the courts, which are independent of the Government and Parliament.
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