Petition · past parliament
Make longer sentences for sex offenders, rapists and paedophiles
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Make longer jail times for these criminal acts. Depending on what you are convicted of, your name may be added to the Sexual Offenders Register. Prison sentences range from 3 months to life imprisonment for rape. Three months as a minimum isn’t enough, this needs to be changed. Three months does not
Make a change to the offender, and does not help the victim of the rape or sexual assault, especially knowing that there abuser is let out into society after not having enough time to acknowledge the damage they have caused to their lives.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 12 Nov 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Nov 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
19 Nov 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.