Submitted by Victoria Jane Lee on Monday 9th May 2022
Published on Friday 13th May 2022
Current status: Closed
Closed: Sunday 27th November 2022
Signatures: 125
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Criminal ~ Decency ~ Develop ~ Expose ~ Law ~ Made ~ Madely ~ Moral ~ Parliament ~ Replace ~ Rule ~ Rule of Law ~ technology ~ Threatened ~ Threatening
Make it an offence to intentionally view pornographic material in a public place
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 needs updating to reflect the development of technology that has made it easier to view pornographic material in a public place. A person should not have to be exposed to such material that may make them feel unsafe, unwelcome, degraded or threatened in a public place.
Whilst there is currently a common law offence of outraging public decency, this is problematic because a prosecution depends on a moral view which is overly subjective and lacking in the clarity that the rule of law requires.
We believe the best way to develop modern sexual offences is to repeal offences that rely on ‘indecency” and replace them with specific criminal offences - including one making intentionally view pornographic material in a public place a specific criminal offence.
This process would allow Parliament to debate and decide what specific behaviours ought to be classified as criminal.
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