'My perpetrator sighs with relief': child sex abuse victim on senate committee vote

Victims who were sexually abused as children decades ago have long looked to a change in the law for a shot at justice.
Those hopes were dashed on Tuesday with one swift vote from the Senate Judiciary Committee: By a 9-4 vote, the committee voted in favor of an amendment that eliminates from House Bill 1947 a measure that would have allowed victims of past sexual abuse to sue the perpetrators.

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