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Petition · past parliament

Bring back the death penalty for paedophiles

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Offenders who have been tried and convicted of paedophile charges, including sex offenders who downloaded, supplied and viewed indecent child images, should be sentenced to death.
Paedophiles are able to reoffend after being convicted as the sentences are rarely longer than 2 years. Children will always be at risk so long as paedophiles are able to walk the same streets. We need to bring change.

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 3 Sep 2020

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