Rejected petition Mandate longer sentences for sexual abuse, pedophila and human trafficking

Rejected on 2 September 2020

Mandate longer sentences for sexual abuse, pedophila and human trafficking

We want tougher sentences and more protection and help for the victims of sexual abuse

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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We think that this petition is similar:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323338

If you're concerned about a particular case, you might be interested to know that anyone can ask the Attorney General to review a sentence they think is too low if the crime was tried in a Crown Court. Only one person needs to ask for a sentence to be reviewed. You can find out how to do that here:

https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-low-crown-court-sentence

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