Criminal
May 19, 2016
Legislature: don't eliminate the statute of limitations for rape
When a statute of limitations is eliminated, justice evaporates for both the innocent and the victim. By Garrick Byers
We Californians want to make it more (not less) likely that rapists and child molesters, particularly serial rapists and molesters, are brought to justice. And we want to make it more (not less) likely that the innocent will be acquitted.
A well-crafted statute of limitations does both of these. A destroyer-bill which is now pending in the California Senate - Senate Bill 813 - does the opposite. SB 813 would completely elim...
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