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struggle4progress

(118,356 posts)
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 10:42 AM Sep 2018

Maryland Police ready to investigate sexual assault if report filed

by Brian Krassenstein
2 hours ago

... Since the alleged sexual assault took place in Montgomery, Maryland, where there would be no statutes of limitation, the Montgomery police would have jurisdiction over the case. In a statement made yesterday in the midst of the back and forth between Ford’s attorney and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Montgomery City Police Chief Tom Manger issued the following statement:

“We are prepared to investigate if the victim wants to report to us, and we can determine it occurred in the County” ...

Meanwhile, the Republican Governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, has ruled out that there would be any sort of State-level investigation into the matter after Democratic state Sen. Cheryl Kagan of Montgomery requested such.

Ford, who alleges that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager, never reported the incident at the time because of what she describes as embarrassment and fear of punishment by her parents ...

https://hillreporter.com/maryland-police-say-theyre-ready-to-investigate-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-case-if-a-report-is-filed-7775

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Maryland Police ready to investigate sexual assault if report filed (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 2018 OP
Gov. Hogan rules out state police investigation of Kavanaugh allegations DonViejo Sep 2018 #1
Can Hogan actually prevent an investigation? raging moderate Sep 2018 #2
I think in the absence of a formal complaint, there can be no investigation. But, I can't see him DonViejo Sep 2018 #5
No, and he's not proposing he would. B2G Sep 2018 #6
Montgomery **County** Dale Neiburg Sep 2018 #3
thanx struggle4progress Sep 2018 #4
This Baltimore Sun article is discouraging on the subject in terms of making a charge stick Jarqui Sep 2018 #7

raging moderate

(4,311 posts)
2. Can Hogan actually prevent an investigation?
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 10:53 AM
Sep 2018

Does he actually have this much power? Even if the judicial system requires one?

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
5. I think in the absence of a formal complaint, there can be no investigation. But, I can't see him
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 10:58 AM
Sep 2018

stopping an investigation if a complaint is filed.

 

B2G

(9,766 posts)
6. No, and he's not proposing he would.
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 11:00 AM
Sep 2018

He's stating that the local authorities need to investigate, not the state.

Jarqui

(10,130 posts)
7. This Baltimore Sun article is discouraging on the subject in terms of making a charge stick
Sat Sep 22, 2018, 11:06 AM
Sep 2018

I'd been keen

Gov. Hogan rules out state police investigation of Kavanaugh allegations
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-hogan-kavanagh-20180921-story.html

For one thing, if attempted rape in the first degree was the most appropriate charge, that was a misdemeanor in the 1980s in Maryland. It did not become a felony in the state until 1996. Former Attorney General Doug Gansler, who also served as Montgomery County state’s attorney, noted that Maryland’s statute of limitations for misdemeanors for an offense committed in the 1980s expired long ago.

Gansler, a Democrat, also noted Kavanaugh was a juvenile at the time, further complicating any investigation and prosecution. He said the type of acts that have been alleged are not ones for which juveniles are typically charged as adults.

Even if charges could be brought, Gansler said that based on the accounts he’s seen, it would be difficult to prove an alleged assailant had the intent to complete a forcible rape and would not have stopped short of that.


Having said that, even if it is accurate, is there a statute of limitations on such conduct for a candidate for the Supreme Court - who when confronted with the allegations has rebuffed them the way Kavanaugh has? Before concluding your answer, Kavanaugh's deception around this would have occurred in the last few days .... And that is conduct clearly unbecoming of a Supreme Court Justice well within the statute of limitations.

Remember that this candidate for Justice stood by, sitting on his hands, when this took place over the last few days:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11164736

Anyone who goes along with that shouldn't be on the Supreme Court
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