Submitted on Friday 12th January 2018
Rejected on Wednesday 17th January 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Give anonymity to the accused in a Sexual Offences trial
Those bringing a case forward of sexual offence have the right to anonymity under the Sexual Offences Act. The same should be applied to those being accused, they should remain anonymous until proven guilty.
High profile people eg footballers could have their reputation and their careers damaged by such allegations being brought forward even if they're cleared of all charges, until a guilty verdict is reached they should be able to remain anonymous.
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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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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/201195
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