Closed petition: Increase minimum sentences for knife crimes including possession and use
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We would like the law changed and stiffer min sentences given out for knife crime:
- 5 years in prison for being in possession of a knife.
- 10 years in prison for using a knife to causing harm to a person.
- 25 years for taking a life with a knife.
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