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Closed Reintroduce the death penalty once the UK leaves the European Union.

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Once UK leaves the European Union, we do petition Her Majesty's Government to repeal the Human Rights Act and withdraw from any treaties necessary to permit capital punishment to be reintroduced as a punishment against particularly abhorrent crimes such as murder and certain sexual crimes.

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