{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/16497.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":16497,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Make court fines relative to yearly earnings","background":null,"additional_details":"Disproportionate fines for extremely high earners are a waste of viable tax payers money. Seeing footballers, celebrities, CEO's & owner's of companies getting fined pittance of their yearly earning does not deter them for offending, nor does it (in these hard economic times) bring a valuable source of money to the government.\r\n\r\nIf fines were set at percentages of yearly earnings, people (even the very rich) would think twice before re-offending!","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":3,"created_at":"2011-09-08T13:10:29.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:14.030Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-09-08T14:10:44.000Z","closed_at":"2012-09-08T14:10:44.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-09-08T13:10:29.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[],"signatures_by_constituency":[],"signatures_by_region":[],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}