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October 03, 2006
When the Law is an Ass
There is a news story coming out of Missouri that makes me feel sick (Story Link) .
Four leaders of a small church have been charged with abusing small girls who attended their church.
Their defense attorney has requested that charges against two of the defendants be dropped, claiming that the statute of limitations has expired.
Here is what upsets me. The attorney could be correct.
Those two defendants could be guilty as charged, but if a statute-of-limitation law says that the defendants can't be charged, then they can't be charged.
In such a case, it isn't the defense attorney that's an ass. It's the Law that's an ass.
Thankfully, Heaven has no statute of limitations.
Posted by Dodo David at October 3, 2006 07:34 PM
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No, the law is not an ass. What kind of society would we live in, if you could be charged with stuff that happended so many years before you can't even remember where you were to provide an alibi, or find witnesses to testify to your innocense?
The criminal justice system is not perfect and has certain limitations built into it to protect theinnocent from false accusations.
Posted by: paul at October 3, 2006 08:35 PM
Wow. This is the third time today I aree with Paul.
I understand your frustration, David.
i think if you could demonstrate that the pastors were trying to supress or intimidate people from going forward until the statute of limitations ran out, then that's okay.
But it is not fair to the defendent if all the peoplewho could prove his/her innocent are dead because someone waited 20 years to come forward.
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