Submitted on Saturday 25th May 2019
Rejected on Monday 24th June 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Bring back Capital Punishment (hanging) for murder, rape & child sex offenders
Capital Punishment was last used in the 1960s.
With knife crime on the rise and young people losing their lives on our streets, it is time for action from our Government.
Anyone who commits First Degree Murder should face the death penalty.
In addition, those convicted of rape or child sex offences should face the death penalty.
It is time to bring back the death penalty for criminals convicted of murder, rape and child sex offenders.
The conviction would need to proved beyond all reasonable doubt.
We believe that tougher action needs to be taken for the most serious crimes on the statute book.
Bring back Capital Punishment.
Bring back Hanging!
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because we are unsure what offences you would like to be subject to capital punishment. In particular, there is no offence of "first degree murder" in English law and all convictions in the English courts already have to be on the basis of being proved "beyond reasonable doubt".
You could start a new petition calling for courts to be able to apply the death penalty in all cases of murder, rape and sexual offences against children if that is something you would like to see happen.
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