RE: How the fuck is there a statute of limitations for rape in New York?
October 14, 2016 at 3:37 pm
(October 14, 2016 at 2:44 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:Ok then please provide a way to prove consent.(October 14, 2016 at 1:12 pm)Brian37 Wrote: The only crime that has no statute is murder. The reason there are limits on all other crimes isn't to protect the accused but to protect society including the innocent that might might get accused from an over zealous government. Innocent people do end up accused and wrongly convicted
I agree with this in that the reason for the limits is to protect the innocent, not to protect the criminal. But I don't agree that rape should have a limit. I can see instances where the evidence may be there years later.
5 years after the fact that is iron clad and can not be disproved.