How the fuck is there a statute of limitations for rape in New York?

[Losty]

Bold mine:

There is no distinguishable difference between "forced sex" and "rape" with regard to the harm it causes those who are on the receiving end of such an act.

But -- but -- words are more important than people!

What annoys me is that he's wrong about the word to begin with. There's no difference between forced sex and rape in any regards. Murder is a legal term defined as unlawful killing, rape is not legally defined as unlawful sex it's defined only as nonconsensual penetration. Even if you cannot prosecute someone the alleged action would still be called rape in the eyes of the law.