Rejected petition: Require full prison terms for child killers
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I want the Government to change the law so that anyone convicted of murder, or manslaughter involving a violent assault against a child, must serve the full custodial sentence imposed by the court, with no automatic early release.
I am calling on the UK Government to amend the law so that anyone convicted of causing the death of a child through a deliberate violent assault, whether convicted of murder or manslaughter, must serve the full custodial sentence imposed by the court, without automatic early release.
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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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action:
Ban ROTL & early release for offences related to death of a child
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/777666We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.