New York – A group of advocates who work to fight child sex abuse is asking New York state lawmakers to eliminate the statute of limitations on certain sex crimes committed against minors.
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Legislation that would eliminate the time restraints on the reporting of child sex abuse is pending in the state’s Legislature.
Advocates plan to gather at the Capitol on Wednesday to meet with lawmakers and speak out in favor of the change.
Under the state’s current law, for charges to be brought a victim typically must report the allegations before they turn 23.
Critics of that law say it must be changed to allow more victims to get justice and to recognize the seriousness of child sexual abuse.
Satmar will never allow this to pass. Ever
The officials of the yeshivas and Catholic church must be going nuts over this. I am sure they are combining forces to stop this dead in its tracks.
“Critics of that law say it must be changed to allow more victims to get justice and to recognize the seriousness of child sexual abuse.”
I agree to the first part. The current law allows some cases of serial molesters to literally get away with murder, based on a technicality. Reality is that after a substantial period of time, it becomes much less possible to put together enough evidence to convict. So there are limitations of time that already exist.
The second part is foolish. The seriousness of child sexual abuse is certainly deserving of recognition, but making laws to teach lessons is not acceptable to me. Other ways of getting the message out are more effective.