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Change the law and criminalise children when crimes are commited

Submitted on Tuesday 16th May 2023

Rejected on Friday 19th May 2023

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Change the law and criminalise children when crimes are commited

Petition Details

Children are committing offences with no conseqances simply because of their age. Change the law and criminalise a child when an offence is committed.

Additional Information

There are children harming other children/people with no conseqances or justice for the victims.
Bullying to suicide, stabbing to death or beatings. The police wont criminalise children for all crimes.
Take back power. Change the law. Criminalise children before it's too late & more children are hurt or killed!


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

Children over 10 can already be arrested and taken to court if they commit a crime: www.gov.uk/age-of-criminal-responsibility

We are not sure if you would like the age of criminal responsibility to reduce below 10, or if you would like changes to the different arrangements that apply to criminal proceedings against 10-17 year olds.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

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