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Make sadism a criminal offence

Submitted on Thursday 1st February 2018

Published on Friday 2nd March 2018

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 2nd September 2018

Signatures: 13

Tagged with

5 years ~ Crime

Petition Action

Make sadism a criminal offence

Petition Details

This petition asks the government to create a new criminal offence called
'Causing suffering for a sadistic cause'.
The act will cover all cases in which somebody deliberately physically or mentally harms a person in an unprovoked attack and then gets pleasure from their reaction/ suffering.

Additional Information

The crime will have a maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment and will be classed in 3 rungs.

Rung A - max 5 years custody
Performing mental torture or depraved acts for a sadistic cause.

Rung B - max 2 years custody
Harming someone's mental or physical health in order to gain pleasure.

Rung C - max 6 months custody
Getting pleasure from the reaction or suffering of a person who has been mentally or physically harmed.


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