Submitted on Friday 15th April 2016
Rejected on Thursday 26th May 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Release SAS Hero Albert Patterson Immediately
An SAS hero was yesterday jailed for the illegal possession of a souvenir weapon captured in the Falklands War.
He served for 22 years, in the Parachute Regiment and then in the SAS.
He spent a great deal of time abroad protecting our country and our way of life.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3540966/SAS-hero-jailed-Falklands-War-gun-trophy-Former-soldier-sentenced-15-months-keeping-9mm-pistol-remind-22-friends-died-conflict.html#ixzz45sqfoWQV
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government and Parliament are not responsible for releasing people from prison. You could ask the Government to ask the Queen to exercise the prerogative of mercy.
You could also start a new petition calling on Parliament to change the law, to prevent cases like this happening in the future. This is likely to be more effective than asking for a court sentence to be overturned.
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