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anyone who wrongfully accuses someone of rape should get a fine/ up to 10 years.

Submitted on Saturday 2nd August 2025

Rejected on Wednesday 20th August 2025

Current status: Rejected

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

Petition Action

anyone who wrongfully accuses someone of rape should get a fine/ up to 10 years.

Petition Details

people that wrongly accuse someone of rape and it’s proved that it’s a lie should be a criminal offence as it can ruin someone’s whole life and reputation

Additional Information

the government should have an investigation each time someone is accused and there needs to be solid information against someone. if it ends up being that someone has wrongfully accused someone due to spite and/or any other wrong reason it should be an offence and should get a fine and/ or up to 10 years in prison depending on the case example if they publicly tried to accuse and lie using the other persons name, the charge should be bigger.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Perjury is already a crime so we're not sure what action you would like the Government to take.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for more action to protect victims of false allegations: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/725015

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