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Rejected petition Change the law to protect children from paedophiles
Would like you to change the law and put stricter punishment Who praise on children child abuse grooming and emotional abuse
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Children are getting abused groomed and emotional abuse there should be stricter punishment and sentencing and more support for children and adults it is affecting children everyday day and more measures need to be in place so that don't happen to any child at all it's affecting kids everywhere air and it don't just affect their childhood it affects the adulthood as well and can cause mental health I really strongly agree that the law needs to be changed
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Longer sentences for child sex offenders, sex offenders and rapists: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323338
Increase minimum and maximum sentences for all crimes against children: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/467154
Impose mandatory 10-year custodial sentences for all child sexual abuse offences: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/556664
Require child sexual abuse to be reported with penalties for failure to do so: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/330478
Require police to tell family and cohabitants of child sex abuse offences: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/330311
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