Have your say on government e-petitions

I want the parliament to change the rape sentences. 5 year is not enough.

Submitted on Friday 19th March 2021

Rejected on Friday 26th March 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

I want the parliament to change the rape sentences. 5 year is not enough.

Petition Details

I would like the government to introduce a longer sentence for rape criminals. Five years will never be enough for an individual who has raped/ sexually abused a victim.


You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!

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:

Make the minimum penalty for all sexual offences imprisonment: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/579986

Minimum 8-year custodial sentence for all violent crime and sexual offences: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/579352

Have your say on this petition!

comments powered by Disqus

repetition.me is a Good Stuff website

3.129.210.17 Fri, 03 May 2024 15:50:56 +0100