Petition · past parliament

Reintroduction of the death penalty.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Bring back the death penalty for terror related killers
The cost of keeping terrorists in prison far outweighs the cost of killing them, freeing up valuable space in the prison system.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

21 Jun 2020 Petition opened for signatures
4 Sep 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 4 Sep 2020

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