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LAWMAKERS, VICTIMS TARGET STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CHILD SEX CRIMES
January 15, 2020
Ana Ceballos
CBS 12
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (NSF) — After hearing the harrowing details of a high-school gang rape, a House panel on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill that would eliminate the time limit for child sex-abuse victims to initiate a criminal case against their abuser.
Katrina Duesterhaus urged the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee to pass the proposal (HB 199), which would remove the statute of limitations in sexual battery cases when the victim is younger than 18 years old at the time of the crime.
“Nothing says you’re willing to believe survivors