It's not as if there is any "the statute of limitations" since each state has its own criminal code.

And a clutch of local apologists totally agree with them. Go figure.

The only reason I don't is the memory issue, particularly with children.

False memories, implanted memories, suppressed memories. I think prosecution could work if it relied on undisputed evidence and not memories of the victim. What "undisputed evidence" means, is up for discussion.

And I agree with the above poster: not reason to limit it to children.

The longer the time the more concrete the evidence needed.

Which is saying quite a bit since such a serious crime should require serious evidence.

and then you might disagree with it. Several people I grew up with got caught in that mess.

From:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenatchee_child_abuse_prosecutions

"forty-three adults were arrested on 29,726 charges of child sex abuse..." and all accused were later found innocent.

Attorney Gregory Gianforcaro addressed this in NJ courts against the church.

"Three strikes and your out" laws anyone? It's people, not baseball.

It's easy to get emotional but everything should be on a case by case basis.

We should have learned our lesson long ago that working in absolutes in law is a dangerous path.

There are lots of prosecutions for sex crimes involving two teenagers sexting each other or having sex across a legal divide even though they're very close in age. Many of these cases are self-evidently BS but they end up in court anyway and sometimes blight people's lives. Getting rid of the statute of limitations will just create further abuses of this type.

Of course that's probably nothing to do with what you had in mind, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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to removing the Statute of Limitations for sexual crimes against children

I wrote the same thing last week as people complained about Hastert still getting his pension.

The statute of limitation should be lifted on ALL CRIMES where PHYSICAL evidence is involved.

The reason for a statute of limitations is how faulty memories become after time, as well as how badly evidence decays. Our evidence collection methods are much better these as are preservation.

this WILL come up in illinois if we ever get our legislature back on track.

…..forever, but the current seven years is far too short.

Many victims are way too traumatized to even begin to talk about it in 7 years, let alone to go public and press charges.

the SOL does not effect a victim currently under the age of 18. The SOL for a victim currently over the age of 18 is seven years from the time the victim becomes aware (in a case of repressed memory) of the abuse. Its been quite a few years since I learned of NJ's provision so I could be off - which sort of makes the whole "memory" point. Another member alluded to this.