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A Ventura County Superior Court judge threw out a case that could have sent a convicted child molester back to prison, because the victim has since died. Judge Bruce Clark dismissed the charges against Jack Sobonya, 54, formerly of Oxnard, after ruling that the case violated the statute of limitations for sexual assault. The videotaped victim – then about 3 years old - shown being molested by Sobonya was killed last year in an automobile accident. Prosecutor Patrice Koenig asked that the judge allow the victim’s family to file charges on her behalf, or to allow the videotape to be...