Petition · past parliament
max life sentence for serious sexual crimes i.e rape, sexual contact with minors
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
a lot of local organisations are catching sexual predators, specifically adults that are intending to meet and have sexual relations with young children. When you see that said predators are being sentenced they only get up to 3 years while drug dealers can get up to 7 i feel that this is appalling.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 5 Jul 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Jul 2018 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
12 Jul 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.