Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to abolish the option of an absolute discharge in cases where the accused is found guilty of rape or sexual assault and introduce a statutory minimum sentence for these offences which includes the convicted person being registered as a sex offender.
Petitioner: Anna-Cristina Seaver
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 29 May 2024
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SPICe Briefing (127KB, pdf) posted 02 September 2024
25 September 2024: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government, Victim Support Scotland, Rape Crisis, and the Scottish Sentencing Council.
Official Report of Meeting 25 September 2024
PE2102/A: Scottish Government submission of 27 June 2024 (53KB, pdf) posted 02 July 2024
PE2102/B: Petitioner submission, 3 July 2024 (84KB, pdf) posted 16 September 2024
PE2102/C: Rape Crisis Scotland written submission, 14 November 2024 (51KB, pdf) posted 22 November 2024
PE2102/D: Scottish Government written submission, 15 November 2024 (51KB, pdf) posted 22 November 2024
PE2102/E: Victim Support Scotland written submission, 20 November 2024 (58KB, pdf) posted 22 November 2024
PE2102/F: Petitioner written submission, 3 December 2024 (46KB, pdf) posted 11 December 2024
PE2102/G: Scottish Sentencing Council written submission, 18 December 2024 (53KB, pdf) posted 06 January 2025