mason4300 wrote:
Not that i am defending that bastard, but I thought there was some sort of limit on the amount of time you have before you can't bring charges against someone for stuff like this anymore. I don't know much about the details, but that's what I've always heard. Good to see that it doesn't seem to apply in this case.
mason4300 wrote:
Not that i am defending that bastard, but I thought there was some sort of limit on the amount of time you have before you can't bring charges against someone for stuff like this anymore. I don't know much about the details, but that's what I've always heard. Good to see that it doesn't seem to apply in this case.
There was a five year limit to bring criminal charges.
But civil cases are a different matter.
On the other hand, the civil statute of limitation is the current period of limitations. It gives victims is 30 years after they reach age 18 to file a personal injury action based on the crime. There is no limitation on bringing a personal injury action to recover damages caused by sexual assault when the party legally at fault for the injury is convicted of first-degree sexual assault or first-degree aggravated sexual assault for such action. Likewise, there is no limitation on enforcing or instituting an action to collect money damages awarded in such an action.
And the law for criminal charges has changed in CT.
In 2002, the Connecticut General Assembly extended the time period for prosecuting child sexual assault cases. The law, which took effect on October 1, 2002, applies to crimes committed on and after that date.
Generally, the statute of limitations for prosecuting sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or sexual assault of a minor is 30 years after the victim reaches age 18, or up to five years from the date he notifies the police or a prosecutor of the crime, whichever is earlier. In cases of second-degree sexual assault where the victim is between ages 13 and 16 and the offender is more than two years older, the five-year notification period applies only if the notice is given within five years after the crime was committed. First-degree sexual assault and first-degree aggravated sexual assault, both class A felonies, may be prosecuted at any time (PA 02-138, codified at CGS § 54-193a).
It is first-degree sexual assault to have sexual intercourse with a child (1) under age 16 by force or (2) under age 13 where the actor is at least two years older (CGS § 53a-70). It is first-degree aggravated sexual assault to commit first-degree sexual assault against a minor under age 16 while armed, with intent to disfigure the victim, with an extreme indifference to human life, or while aided by two or more people (CGS § 53a-70a).
