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Make naming accused people illegal prior to conviction. Innocent until proven

Submitted on Tuesday 7th November 2017

Rejected on Thursday 9th November 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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Make naming accused people illegal prior to conviction. Innocent until proven

Petition Details

Many lives are torn apart by being wrongly named and shamed in the press. Relationships break down, people lose jobs, homes etc. Mud sticks, Imagine being wrongly named as part of a sex allegation and then charges dropped. Do you think future employers believe there is no smoke without fire?


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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