Petition · past parliament

Mandate longer sentences for sexual abuse, pedophila and human trafficking

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Mandate longer sentences for sexual abuse, pedophila and human trafficking
We want tougher sentences and more protection and help for the victims of sexual abuse

Why it was rejected

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

We think that this petition is similar:

Longer sentences for child sex offenders, sex offenders and rapists

If you're concerned about a particular case, you might be interested to know that anyone can ask the Attorney General to review a sentence they think is too low if the crime was tried in a Crown Court. Only one person needs to ask for a sentence to be reviewed. You can find out how to do that here:

https://www.gov.uk/complain-about-low-crown-court-sentence

Timeline

21 Aug 2020 Petition opened for signatures
2 Sep 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 2 Sep 2020

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