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Require sentences for child sexual offences be served consecutively

Submitted by Rebecca Jayne Elizabeth Parkes on Friday 26th November 2021

Published on Wednesday 1st December 2021

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 1st June 2022

Signatures: 868

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Child ~ Crime ~ Ensure ~ GUILTY ~ Horrific ~ Justices ~ Law ~ men ~ Rule ~ sentence ~ Victim ~ Victims

Petition Action

Require sentences for child sexual offences be served consecutively

Petition Details

I would like the Government to ensure that people convicted of child sexual offences serve their sentences consecutively, and not concurrently. If a person is guilty of multiple offences, they should serve the sentences for each offence in full.

Additional Information

I believe the law needs to be changed because concurrent sentencing rule is an unjust way of bringing justice. A person who has committed crimes and has met the mens rea and actus reus component of their crimes should be sentenced and serve the full sentences for what they have done. Running a concurrent sentence does not provide adequate justice to the victims involved in horrific trauma! I am saddened to see the poor quality of how the law is applied in such circumstances.


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