PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk
End early release for prisoners serving sentences for murder.
We want the Government to change the law so that any individual convicted of murder must serve the entirety of the minimum term set by the judge, without the possibility of early release or sentence reduction due to “good behaviour” or earned credits.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 6/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 6/100,000
Background
Early release is an insult to victims’ families; while offenders move on to marry or start careers, their victims have no such future. Current "life sentences" are often too short, and "good behaviour" is easily faked to halve a term, bypassing genuine rehabilitation. This undermines public confidence in the law’s ability to protect us. We must ensure murderers serve their full sentence to reflect the gravity of their crime, prevent reoffending, and provide true justice for the lives taken