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January 21, 2020
WTHR

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — A bill to eliminate the statute of limitations for rape, child exploitation and certain other sexual offenses is moving forward at the Indiana Statehouse.
Under the current law, most sex crimes against children have to be filed before the victim reaches 31. The new bill would create exemptions if law enforcement finds DNA evidence of a crime; discover a recording that provides evidence of a crime; or if the perpetrator confesses to the crime.
“As a former law enforcement officer, I know how important of a step

Newsday

Lawmakers across the country are doling out tougher punishments for sex offenders – fromsatellite tracking to the death penalty – but a handful of states are starting to ease up onpenalties in cases of youths arrested for sex. Laws enacted this year in Connecticut, Florida,Indiana and Texas, and a bill waiting for the governor’s approval in Illinois, try to draw clearerdistinctions between sexual predators and adolescents who pose less of a risk, such as those caughtin the so-called Romeo and Juliet relationships. Even when adolescents are only a few yearsapart,