Review & strengthen sentencing for the most serious crimes against children

Review & strengthen sentencing for the most serious crimes against children — 11 signatures. Status: open.

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We ask the Government to launch a fundamental review into sentencing, bail and public protection for the most serious offences against children, including child murder, rape, sexual assault and organised child sexual exploitation.

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The review should consider the following reforms: whole life orders for the most serious offences against children, introducing stricter bail and remand when there is a risk of reoffending, no early release, increasing sentencing for organised child sexual exploitation, deporting eligible foreign-national offenders guilty of these crimes and ensuring they do not evade sentencing, and considering capital punishment for the most serious crimes against children.

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