This petition was submitted during the 2010–2015 Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition government

Rejected petition bring back the death penalty

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hanging should be brought back for murders too many people are getting off with murdering people and thinking it ok they will just get life with a possibility of parole. the death penalty never should have been abolished america has the right idea

people should be made to realise if they murder someone they must face the consequences and now in usa they are trying to stop lethal inections cos it seems it hurts the poor little murderers.

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