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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament

Rejected petition The UK To be no longer party to the European Convention on Human Rights so capital punishment can be reinstated

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To remove the uk from the European Convention on Human Rights so that capital punishment can be reinstated for all cases of murder, rape and peadophillia where the defendant has been proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.

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