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Make the climate emergency a lawful excuse in criminal cases

Submitted by Christina Barnett on Saturday 22nd March 2025

Published on Tuesday 13th May 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 13th November 2025

Signatures: 450

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Actions ~ case ~ climate emergency ~ Criminal ~ Damaged ~ Earth ~ Emergency ~ Excuse ~ Law ~ Protests ~ URGENT

Petition Action

Make the climate emergency a lawful excuse in criminal cases

Petition Details

Make the climate emergency a lawful excuse in criminal damage and other such cases.

Additional Information

We think that if the defendant is motivated by what we think is the urgent and all encompassing need to protect human life on Earth and do whatever they can to do this, then that is relevant to the case.

We think climate protests, although inconvenient, are vital to conserve life, so we feel the reasons for doing these actions are fundamentally relevant.


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