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

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Sounds like there are two definitions of the word "rape" being used here.

There's "rape" the crime, and "rape" the action.

So yes, whilst a person can't be convicted of a rape (crime) 5 years after it happened, that doesn't change the fact that the person raped (action) the victim.

Drich you appear to be ignoring the colloquial use of terms in favor of being overbearingly technical. For example, the phrase "he got away with murder" is a well known expression, even though by your argument if you don't get convicted of murder you aren't technically a murderer.

In short, I get where you are coming from but I don't think you're argument really applies to the underlying theme here. The event (rape, sexual assault, non-consensual sex, whatever you want to call it) still happened even if nobody got convicted for it.

Well the original point of the thread was to decry the fact that for a crime as serious as rape (or in fact any other sexual assault) actually has a statute of limitations appended to it. As I said, here in Ireland or in the UK you could theoretically be brought to trial 100 years afterwards if you were alive and compos mentis enough to defend yourself and if the DPP (Ireland, England & Wales) or the Lord Advocate (Scotland) found that evidence was strong enough to prosecute. So, I find the US system whereby you can be effectively scot free from the second worst thing you could do to a person in as little as five years to be absurd.

Drich just derailed the thread with his sociopathy.