RE: How the fuck is there a statute of limitations for rape in New York?
October 17, 2016 at 11:26 am
(This post was last modified: October 17, 2016 at 11:27 am by Shell B.
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Actually, Drich, something being outside of the statute of limitations does not negate its illegality. It simply ceases to be enforceable . . . to some degree. You're just kind of making that up. Also, the reason for the statute of limitations is that it gets harder to prove and is thus a drain on resources. It has nothing to do with the likelihood that a woman changed "rape status" after five years. If she was raped five years ago, it's still rape. If she wasn't raped five years ago, odds are she's not going to stir the pot five years down the line. It's a rare case indeed where someone pretends to be raped years after the fact. Why wouldn't she just claim she was raped two weeks ago?
