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To: Kaslin

Very good article by Reagan.

I will add that the most important thing about this crime is that the statute of limitation should be completely lifted. The victim should be able to grow old enough and wise enough to lose his fear and shame and report the crime. Not everyone is that mature in their early 20s. They are likely to not wish peer embarrassment at that age. They are also not likely to wish their parents this guilt, if the parents had trusted the abuser with the are of their child. So the young fault figures he will just stay quiet.

But maybe at 35 or 40 he wants to come forward, maybe at this point he is mature enough to want to prevent others getting hurt, and caring less about his own embarrassment. So he goes to the police. And they tell him it’s too late to prosecute.

We need no statute of limitations for child molestation.


16 posted on 11/22/2011 7:04:50 AM PST by Yaelle (Still helping the Cain train wheels go round.)
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To: Yaelle

Are = care, fault= adult

Autocorrect


18 posted on 11/22/2011 7:07:06 AM PST by Yaelle (Still helping the Cain train wheels go round.)
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To: Yaelle
We need no statute of limitations for child molestation.

You want a death penalty in situations where there is absolutely no possibility of obtaining physical evidence and very limited likelihood of any witness testimony other than that of the alleged participants? Excuse me, but that is insane.

48 posted on 11/22/2011 8:47:49 AM PST by Tax-chick (Six more days to dust your ceiling fan blades!)
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