Petition

Opt out of Article 2 of the European Convention and reinstate the death penalty.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Opt out of Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights and reinstate the death penalty making it mandatory for child rapists and paedophiles.
Child raping gangs are prolific in the United Kingdom with hundreds of offenders.
Paedophilia is also on the increase.
The perpetrators of these crimes are inhuman and imprisonment of such large numbers is impracticable.
Moreover, law-abiding citizens do not deserve to have these people amongst us so it is sensible to execute them so that they are neither a burden to the tax-payer nor a threat to civilised society.

Why it was rejected

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

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Bring back capital punishment for the rape of a child: Bring back capital punishment for the rape of a child

Timeline

6 Jan 2025 Petition opened for signatures
14 Mar 2025 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Mar 2025

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 27 Jul 2026.