In a long line of Washington scandals, few are as shocking as that of Dennis Hastert. The former Speaker of the House has managed to escape prosecution for allegedly molesting children due to a regrettably expired statute of limitations.
The public disapproval of statutes of limitations on child sexual abuse offenses has become a highly charged issue with some real momentum for legal change over recent months. Despite popular support for removing the statutes, some states are facing challenges to bills that would see the likes of Hastert receive the sort of legal scrutiny that anyone accused of similar crimes would expect, keeping those whose crimes came to light years after the fact from getting off on technicalities.
http://deadstate.org/the-catholic-church-has-been-furiously-fighting-against-a-law-that-could-help-its-sex-abuse-victims/
The public disapproval of statutes of limitations on child sexual abuse offenses has become a highly charged issue with some real momentum for legal change over recent months. Despite popular support for removing the statutes, some states are facing challenges to bills that would see the likes of Hastert receive the sort of legal scrutiny that anyone accused of similar crimes would expect, keeping those whose crimes came to light years after the fact from getting off on technicalities.
http://deadstate.org/the-catholic-church-has-been-furiously-fighting-against-a-law-that-could-help-its-sex-abuse-victims/