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Name: Elizabeth Duffy on Nov 13, 2006State: OHCountry: USComments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jan 28, 2007State: ILCountry: USComments:Flag
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Name: Tammy Moyers on Feb 27, 2007State: KYCountry: USComments: The horror that comes with sexual abuse lasts forever, so why should there ever be a time limit on bringing the offender(s) to courtFlag
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Name: Ashley Whitney on Mar 22, 2007State: INCountry: USComments:Flag
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Name: Tammi Harper on Apr 9, 2007State: CACountry: USComments: This must stop. I am now 37, but just started counseling last year to come to grips with everything. I was abused by my step-father, brother and 3 step-brothers. I am in the middle of a civil suit against my step-father but must rely on the Discovery Rule. It is ridiculous to say someone "should've" understood they were damaged! Most can't tell the truth for decades. My mother did nothing when I told her at age 19 and she IS STILL WITH HIM EVEN THOUGH HE ADMITTED TO THE ABUSE back then and also admits to it in court papers. So sick I can't put him in jail either. Alaska HAS abolished the SOL for both criminal (1994) and civil (2001) law suits, but neither are retroactive. Please get the monsters OFF the streets, in jail, and protect our children.Flag
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Name: Bach Le on Apr 11, 2007State:Country:Comments:Flag
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Name: Joel Hill on May 3, 2007State: FLCountry: USComments:Flag
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Name: Julie Welch on May 25, 2007State: MICountry: USComments:Flag
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Name: Donna Hadley on May 30, 2007State: FLCountry: USComments: There should never be limits because sometimes one is too scared.Flag
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Name: Barbara Baker on Jun 3, 2007State: KSCountry: USComments: Back in 1982 when I was 14 my step-father started sexualy abusing me & MY MOTHER IS STILL WITH HIM. He got diversion, but is still sick. I have a 7 year old son that I'm keeping away from my mother because she is till with this man. Laws should be changed. He is still a sex addic & will never be fully cured.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jun 12, 2007State: TNCountry: USComments: I was abused as a child and, even though it wasn't by a priest, I still feel the effects of it everyday. It pains me that because I did not speak out as a child, I cannot convict my father for his crimes.Flag
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Name: Deanna Ross on Jun 20, 2007State: TNCountry: USComments: i was molested when i was 17 and by the time i was able to talk about it, i couldn't do anything about it because of the statue of limitations. i thought that was a load of crap.Flag
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Name: Carla Clarke on Jun 20, 2007State:Country:Comments:Flag
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Name: Travis Cooper on Jun 21, 2007State:Country: AUComments:Flag
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Name: Roger Sadler on Jun 23, 2007State: TXCountry:Comments: I fixing to go in the psych ward because I can't stop thinking about suicide and I have to be someplace safe til they stop. For thirty years, I have suicidal ruminations that last hours to days. It is a heavy burden. I was robbed of a wife, a career, and peace of mind. I can't work and live off public assistance. Is there a direct link. I intuite that there is one and I think that most psychiatrists would agree. I was robbed of my life.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 5, 2007State: MECountry: USComments: What about the perpetrators who are still protected because the old statutes protected them before the new statutes came into effect. ALL NEW STATUTES SHOULD BE RETROACTIVE!!Flag
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Name: Diana Kitch on Jul 12, 2007State: KSCountry: USComments: Sometimes it takes a lifetime to face abuse that happened many years ago. Any statute of limitations makes no sense at all.Flag
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Name: Steve Matthews on Jul 16, 2007State: SCCountry: USComments: There should not be a statute of limitations in any state or country.This is much harder than murder,this you live with the rest of your life.......Flag
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Name: Michelle White on Jul 19, 2007State: NJCountry: USComments: I too am a survivor and it's very frustrating to know that there is nothing I can do to hold these scum accountable for what they did to me. You can't raise red flags or nothing with the slander laws. I think if you have a legitamate claim of abuse you should be able to at least call someone and say hey take a look at this person. They abused me and you want to sleep at night knowing that they've either been caught by someone else or somehow held accountable.Flag
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Name: Rene Baker on Jul 23, 2007State: NCCountry: USComments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jul 23, 2007State: NJCountry: USComments: Statute of Limitation only victimizes the victim further. Sexual abuse of a minor is a crime regardless of the victims age or last encounter from when they have the courage to speak out! Are you a victimFlag
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Name: Rosemary Jacobson on Aug 2, 2007State: UTCountry: USComments:Flag
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Name: Andee James on Aug 16, 2007State:Country: GBComments: im apalled as this is 21st century. all sex websites should be banned. I said ALL WEBSITES..Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Aug 16, 2007State: IACountry: USComments: I cant believe the statutes protect the guilty and penalize the victim. Im 38 and just remembering the molestation and rape by my pastor 23 years ago wreaking havoc on my entire life. Its horrific. I want justice!!! Not to mention my church cover up, and the pastors previous church cover up !! I believe God would allow for proper justice for victims.Flag
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Name: Glory Lee on Sep 10, 2007State:Country:Comments:Flag
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Name: Leslie Irving on Sep 13, 2007State: VACountry: USComments: My step-father sexually abused me over 30 years ago and I can't prosecute because the commonwealth attorney said not enough evidence. Civil suit is still being checked on with the discovery rule in VA. Please abolish the statute of limitations for civil suits if you can't prosecute. Help victims-The perpetrators walk freely while we victims try to stay alive.Flag
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Name: June Selis on Sep 27, 2007State: ORCountry: USComments: I have two daughters with disaccosiative idenity dissorder because of sexual and mental abuse by their father. I don't have the power of the church behind me but I have the power of motherly love and I want to see the statute of limitaions abolished in every state. I live in Oregon and am attemting to change it here but I am running into many dead ends. If you have any suggestions I would certainly appreciate the help!! It is my goal to change it at least here if not in other states.Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Sep 28, 2007State: NYCountry: USComments: In 1991 I reported the three years of abuse from 11 to 15 to a school counselor who was a mandated reporter. I reach out for help .... the police show up because she had to call .... I've now initiated the complaint and the SOL time clock starts ticking. I am 35 my life has been ruined and he's sitting there scott free because I was a kid with no family support to be able to go forward with my complaints. ELIMINATE BIAS IN FAVOR OF THE CRIMINAL.Flag
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Name: June Selis on Oct 7, 2007State: ORCountry: USComments: I am the mother of two daughters who were sexually abuse by their father for many years and suffered greatly from this. They are adults in their 30's now. we know now that the statue of limitations keeps our hands tied from putting this man where he cannot reoffend again. I have decided I am going to change this law in Oregon. I was not abused myself and so I have the strength and perseverance to go forward with this. the victims are so often frozen with fear and uable to move forward to do something about stopping their abuser. Please contact me if you would live in Oregon and would like to support my efforts. I am working with the judicial committee on this important law. JuneFlag
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Name: Kira Giehll on Oct 7, 2007State:Country:Comments:Flag
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Name: Johnnie McKinley on Oct 20, 2007State: ALCountry: USComments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Oct 25, 2007State: MOCountry: USComments: Words are inadequate to describe the effects. Raw emotion and pain are hard to confine to the realm of speech. He walks free, but I don't. Why I suppose it's because I didn't go home and tell my mom, who hated me, that she now had a good reason to. Maybe it's because I didn't want to risk losing my father's approval of me that I didn't say anything. I forgot the worst of it for such a long time that by the time I remembered, it was too late. Isn't it enough that he decided when, where, for how long, how often he would do those things; but according to "law" I have to be able to deal with it in some timeframe that benefits him, not me and my healingFlag
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Name: Michalene Jones on Nov 11, 2007State: TXCountry: USComments: If only those not affect by sexual abuse felt our pain there would be no need of this petition I have a daughter and grandaughter that will be never be the same....my family will never be the same ... if only those not affect walked our shoes for less then a dayFlag
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Name: Anonymous on Nov 20, 2007State: INCountry: USComments: i think that there should be no statute of limitations on sex crimes. i know for me the time, i think, has run out. they wouldn't let me testify against my scum of a father because i was three, and now i think the time has run out. he has gotten remarried and had another baby girl. if there were no statute of limitations, i think i would take him to court and testify.Flag
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Name: John Murray on Nov 29, 2007State: MSCountry: USComments:Flag
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Name: Dana Garrett on Dec 7, 2007State: MDCountry: USComments: there should not be a staute of limitations on sex crimes. those of us who have been victims don't get the chance to go free from our pain..Flag
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Name: Sherise Hall on Dec 7, 2007State: KSCountry: USComments: I am currently married to a man that was sexually abused (along with three other siblings) a "friend of the family" and church member committed the act. Nothing can be done b/c they are all over the age of 28. That man's name is Blaine Allen Smith he lives in Topeka Kansas on Mission Street.If you live in the area OR know this man, whatch out for your children. PLEASE!!!!!!!Flag
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Name: Sherise Hall on Dec 7, 2007State: KSCountry: USComments: I am currently married to a man that was sexually abused (along with three other siblings) a "friend of the family" and church member committed the act. Nothing can be done b/c they are all over the age of 28. That man's name is Blaine Allen Smith he lives in Topeka Kansas on Mission Street.If you live in the area OR know this man, whatch out for your children. PLEASE!!!!!!!Flag
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Name: Snider Veronica on Dec 7, 2007State: KSCountry: USComments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jan 14, 2008State: ORCountry:Comments:Flag
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Name: Benjamine Marsh on Jan 16, 2008State: VACountry: USComments: By working with the law enforcement athorities I was able to get enoough evidences to get a confession out of the ministor that abused me over 20 years ago. I never took no for a answer and worked within the law. Civily I am having a hard time trying to seek reparations.Flag
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Name: Rebecca Flores on Jan 21, 2008State: FLCountry: USComments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Jan 22, 2008State: FLCountry: USComments:Flag
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Name: Audrey Anderson on Jan 24, 2008State:Country: CAComments: I think it is appaling that a person can commit such a crime and get away with it because they arent brought to justice in a certain amount of time. It's a joke.Flag
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Name: June Selis on Feb 10, 2008State: ORCountry: USComments: I am working with a legislator in Oregon to change the statute of limitaions for child sex abuse in Oregon. We are going to have a bill for the 2009 legisature. We are working to change it to no limit for criminal as well as civil. This is a crime as bad if not worse then murder. How can there be a limit on the saftey of our children.Flag
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Name: Danielle Hurd on Feb 14, 2008State: MDCountry: USComments: The physical, emotional, and psychological effects of sexual abuse have no time limit or expiration date for their victims. Why should the perpetrators be granted this luxuryFlag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 14, 2008State: TXCountry: USComments: Im a suvivor of over 30 years. And the pain never goes away. People say get over it, go on with your life. I cant. I want to see this law changed. I want my father to pay for all the suffering that he has caused me. please hear my pleaFlag
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Name: Candace Snead on Feb 14, 2008State:Country:Comments:Flag
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Name: Anonymous on Feb 14, 2008State:Country:Comments:Flag
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Name: Jody Swihart on Feb 15, 2008State: NVCountry: USComments:Flag