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Re-introduce the death penalty

We should reintroduce the death penalty for the most serious of crimes, where there is no question someone has committed the offence and in the most severe circumstances (crimes against children, terror offences etc) there should not be life terms, this is a huge waste of taxpayers money.

Last fetched 20 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk

Signatures

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Government response threshold (10,000) · 8/10,000

Debate threshold (100,000) · 8/100,000

Petition progress2 events · Jan – Mar 2025

13 MAR 2025
Petition rejected
duplicate
You may wish to sign the following petitions, which call for similar action: Abolish whole life orders and reintroduce the death penalty https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700357 Hold a referendum on restoring the Death Penalty for murder https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/709623 Bring back the death penalty for homicide of a child https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/709710 Reintroduce the death penalty for people found guilty of terrorism https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/710686 Bring back capital punishment for the rape of a child https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/711979
24 JAN 2025
Petition created

Background

Change the law to reintroduce the death penalty, the justice system in the country is broken. The worst of the worst can be sentenced to “life” and be out in 20 years. It’s wrong and needs to change.