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Tougher sentences for Sexual Assault

Submitted on Saturday 13th March 2021

Rejected on Tuesday 20th April 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Tougher sentences for Sexual Assault

Petition Details

We wish to have better support for victims and harsher punishment for sexual assaults perpetrators in the hopes of decreasing it.

Additional Information

20% of women experience sexual assault by 16
510,000 women between 16-59 had experienced a sexual assault last year
85,000 women (16-59) experienced rape, attemped rape or sexual assault by penetration
15% were reported to the police
Source : rapecrisis.org.uk


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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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Increase minimum and maximum sentences for all sexual offences: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/577443

Make sexual harassment a specific criminal offence: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/578940

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