Rejected petition anyone who wrongfully accuses someone of rape should get a fine/ up to 10 years.

people that wrongly accuse someone of rape and it’s proved that it’s a lie should be a criminal offence as it can ruin someone’s whole life and reputation

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the government should have an investigation each time someone is accused and there needs to be solid information against someone. if it ends up being that someone has wrongfully accused someone due to spite and/or any other wrong reason it should be an offence and should get a fine and/ or up to 10 years in prison depending on the case example if they publicly tried to accuse and lie using the other persons name, the charge should be bigger.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Perjury is already a crime so we're not sure what action you would like the Government to take.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for more action to protect victims of false allegations: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/725015

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Date submitted 2 August 2025
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