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Petition · past parliament

Bring back the death penalty for child sex offenders and murderers

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

There is no doubt with DNA evidence anymore that these people commited their disgusting crimes against humanity. Why send these evil vile people to a prison when the prisons are overrun as it is.
They destroyed and took a life and destroyed the lifes of their victims family.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Bring back the death penalty for child murderers, rapists and paedophiles.

Timeline

22 Mar 2019 Petition opened for signatures
1 Apr 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Apr 2019

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