Petition · past parliament

Bring back the death penalty in the UK

Closed 1,029 signatures

What the petition asks

Is it fair and just that someone who takes a life and is of sound body and mind is allowed to carry on living albeit incarcerated in one of HM prisons, and in due time being released by nature of serving their sentence or early parole .
If the death Penalty was to be reintroduced in the UK. it would surely bring down knife and gun crime and make people think twice before committing premeditated or random attacks on innocent members of the public

Timeline

16 Mar 2018 Petition opened for signatures
16 Sep 2018 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 1,029
Status Closed
Opened 16 Mar 2018
Closed 16 Sep 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.