Family Research – English, Scottish and Irish Genealogy

Hi there,

A friend of mine has up a petition at the Scottish Parliament

“to urge the Scottish Executive to review the operation of the Victim Notification Scheme to ensure that the victims of serious violent and sexual crimes are given the right to receive information about the release from prison of an offender who has committed a crime against them, regardless of the length of sentence imposed”..
Because her violent partner got sentenced to three years imprisonment and not four his crime was not deemed serious and she was not entitled to be given any information at all by the Victim Notification Scheme as to his release date. She felt that this was totally unjust and although she cannot change things for herself she wants to change the situation for others, she has been fighting this now for about 10 months. If you feel you are able, I would really appreciate you signing the petition on the link below to support her and help to bring a change in the law that will benefit and protect other survivors of abuse. It would also be helpful if you could pass this onto as many other people as possible, as she is hoping to achieve a thousand signatures and she would be grateful for any support to help to achieve this.