We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to 1) introduce effective reforms to better detect & tackle child abuse & neglect 2) abolish parole & increase all minimum & maximum sentences for crimes relating to child abuse & neglect and introduce a maximum tariff of Life for conviction of the death of a child through abuse or neglect 3) conduct full public inquiries into all councils that repeatedly fail in their duty to protect at risk children. More details
Submitted by Dee Murrell – Deadline to sign up by: 02 March 2010 – Signatures: 1,367
The preventable deaths of Baby P & all like him are a clear indictment of Britain's failure to protect vulnerable children & too frequent over-lenient sentences for child abuse & related deaths convey that as a nation we tolerate such abuse & murder.
Effective measures need to be adopted to recognise & tackle child abuse at its earliest stages. Lord Laming's recommendations excluded how Social Workers could better perform their jobs on the front line when visiting children at risk, where improvements & clear nationwide guidelines are urgently needed!
The ongoing abuse of a child culminating in their death is far worse than outright murder. So all child abuse related deaths should carry a discretionary life sentence & all participants are equally responsible regardless of who did the abuse & who allowed the abuse to go on unchallenged.
As a nation we wish to say that we will no longer tolerate these heinous crimes against our youngest & most vulnerable.
*Abuse includes neglect
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