This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government

Rejected petition Bring back the death penalty for convicted murderers and child sex offenders.

These offences are inhumane and disgusting, the offenders need to receive capital punishment as a way of setting an example to others.

This petition was rejected

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/159001

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