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Other States have already removed the statue of limitations on rape. Texas needs to do the same. In my opinion, rape should be treated as murder because in essence you are destroying someone emotionally and people cope with traumatic episodes differently. The victim needs time to process what happen to them and find the courage to break away from the situation, The law should be there to protect them when they are ready to come forward as rape is rape, It does not matter when it happened, it is still rape and should be treated with the same level of importance whether it happened 30 minutes ago or 30 years ago. Being raped is very embarrassing and a lot of rape victims feel "dirty", like they have done something wrong. As a victim of rape, I am speaking from personal experience. Time is needed to cope and process everything and the law should be there to protect the victim when they are ready to move forward and let the healing begin. I encourage every American citizen to contact their local representative or the united state congressman and urge them to remove the statue of limitation on Rape and other crimes of a forced sexual nature. This crime is not taken seriously enough by the general public and is more prevalent than most Americans think. According to Statistica, " In 2019, Texas had the highest number of forcible rape cases in the United States, with 14,824 reported rapes". That is just in one state in one year alone! And this information is based only on the rape cases that have been reported to the authorities. Cases like mine that went unreported are not unique. In my case, I went to my mother for help to stop the abuse and she did nothing to protect me. By her inaction, she allowed these terrible crimes against me to continue literally facilitating the continuation of my torture. The criminal and civil punishment should extend to the rapist as well as those who facilitated the crime by their inaction when they were legally and morally obligated to provide care and protection. I am asking every American to spare five minutes and please...
A. Sign the petition below.
B. Call or email your congressman.
C. Share this post spread and the awareness.
I realize that we all live in a very busy world. I also know that if you really think about it, we all have five minutes we could dedicate to a worthy and virtuous pursuit. Between all of us, we can make this cause go viral! Not only would you be changing my life (and I would be forever grateful), you would be changing the lives of so many other victims of sexual assault by simply ensuing that their opportunity for justice is not derailed by some careless wording in a legal statute.
That five minutes you just spent helping someone else could change their life for the better by allowing them the opportunity to gain some form of closure. Speak up America! Let us use our voices and fight for justice. Come on America! Let's take a rapist off the street!
https://www.congress.gov/members?searchResultViewType=expanded
Thank you for your time and any help you can provide.
Rhonda
#justiceforrhonda.net
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Law Reform for Rape Victims
Remove Rape Statute
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April 2, 2021
The Texas legislature continues to ignore these thousands of survivors while hiding behind pathetic excuses for laws. I am spending every waking hour dragging their failures into the light because no rapist should ever get a free pass just because time passed. If they think we are going to quiet down and let this slide they are dead wrong.
April 2, 2021
The sheer weight of this support proves that Texas can no longer hide behind these coward laws. Our momentum is becoming impossible to ignore so keep the pressure on these pathetic politicians who refuse to protect victims.
26 Comments
Rape is like a life sentence, it never goes away, there's no limitation to such an experience by the victims so there should not be one for the predators.
From one Rhonda to another, happy to sign this, keep ip the fight for nessessary changes, they aare needed for all that have dealt with this in their lifetime. There should be know timeframe since the damage caused has 0 expiration.
This is a violent and terrible offense. I am a survivor and 3 of my children have been raped as well. There should be no statute of limitations on this crime. This causes severe emotional and physical damage to th victims. Sometimes it may take years for the victim to com forward sue to being threatened, fear of more abuse, retaliation, losing family, and many many other reasons. This crime should have severe punishment and the victim should have the right to be heard.
I believe every victim has a right no matter the time. I also believe the adult that turns their head should be prosecuted also to the full extent of the law.
I am for changing laws to help victims of assault and rape bring charges when their ready and not on the current regulations.
Please pass the laws to protect those who have been Assaulted. What if it was your loved ine
I need everyone's help. We have less than a week to get a hearing scheduled for HB2071 by Rep Ann Johnson. This bill will remove the statute of limitation on child abuse and sexual assault against minors. HB2071 will allow the victims right to walk through the courtroom when they are ready. Here is how you can help. Below is the email addresses to everyone on the committee in which HB2071 currently sits. I encourage you to email all these representatives and let them know you want the Bill heard and passed into law during this session. Victims cannot wait another two years for the laws to be changed. That is two more years of heartache and pain. We want the right to speak, we deserve that. We want the statute of limitation removed from child abuse and sexual assault crimes committed against minors, #HB2071. Then please share this post. Together, we can make this post go viral! Thank you all for your support. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Position Member Chair: Rep. Jeff Leach Vice Chair: Rep. Yvonne Davis Members: Rep. Harold V. Dutton, Jr. Rep. Julie Johnson Rep. Matt Krause Rep. Mayes Middleton Rep. Joe Moody Rep. Mike Schofield Rep. Reggie Smith
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Other States have already removed the statue of limitations on rape. Texas needs to do the same. In my opinion, rape should be treated as murder because in essence you are destroying someone emotionally and people cope with traumatic episodes differently. The victim needs time to process what happen to them and find the courage to break away from the situation, The law should be there to protect them when they are ready to come forward as rape is rape, It does not matter when it happened, it is still rape and should be treated with the same level of importance whether it happened 30 minutes ago or 30 years ago. Being raped is very embarrassing and a lot of rape victims feel "dirty", like they have done something wrong. As a victim of rape, I am speaking from personal experience. Time is needed to cope and process everything and the law should be there to protect the victim when they are ready to move forward and let the healing begin. I encourage every American citizen to contact their local representative or the united state congressman and urge them to remove the statue of limitation on Rape and other crimes of a forced sexual nature. This crime is not taken seriously enough by the general public and is more prevalent than most Americans think. According to Statistica, " In 2019, Texas had the highest number of forcible rape cases in the United States, with 14,824 reported rapes". That is just in one state in one year alone! And this information is based only on the rape cases that have been reported to the authorities. Cases like mine that went unreported are not unique. In my case, I went to my mother for help to stop the abuse and she did nothing to protect me. By her inaction, she allowed these terrible crimes against me to continue literally facilitating the continuation of my torture. The criminal and civil punishment should extend to the rapist as well as those who facilitated the crime by their inaction when they were legally and morally obligated to provide care and protection. I am asking every American to spare five minutes and please...
A. Sign the petition below.
B. Call or email your congressman.
C. Share this post spread and the awareness.
I realize that we all live in a very busy world. I also know that if you really think about it, we all have five minutes we could dedicate to a worthy and virtuous pursuit. Between all of us, we can make this cause go viral! Not only would you be changing my life (and I would be forever grateful), you would be changing the lives of so many other victims of sexual assault by simply ensuing that their opportunity for justice is not derailed by some careless wording in a legal statute.
That five minutes you just spent helping someone else could change their life for the better by allowing them the opportunity to gain some form of closure. Speak up America! Let us use our voices and fight for justice. Come on America! Let's take a rapist off the street!
https://www.congress.gov/members?searchResultViewType=expanded
Thank you for your time and any help you can provide.
Rhonda
#justiceforrhonda.net
Updates
April 2, 2021
The Texas legislature continues to ignore these thousands of survivors while hiding behind pathetic excuses for laws. I am spending every waking hour dragging their failures into the light because no rapist should ever get a free pass just because time passed. If they think we are going to quiet down and let this slide they are dead wrong.
April 2, 2021
The sheer weight of this support proves that Texas can no longer hide behind these coward laws. Our momentum is becoming impossible to ignore so keep the pressure on these pathetic politicians who refuse to protect victims.
26 Comments
Victims need time to deal with the assault against them and should not be punished because of their time restraints.
Rape is like a life sentence, it never goes away, there's no limitation to such an experience by the victims so there should not be one for the predators.
From one Rhonda to another, happy to sign this, keep ip the fight for nessessary changes, they aare needed for all that have dealt with this in their lifetime. There should be know timeframe since the damage caused has 0 expiration.
This is a violent and terrible offense. I am a survivor and 3 of my children have been raped as well. There should be no statute of limitations on this crime. This causes severe emotional and physical damage to th victims. Sometimes it may take years for the victim to com forward sue to being threatened, fear of more abuse, retaliation, losing family, and many many other reasons. This crime should have severe punishment and the victim should have the right to be heard.
I believe every victim has a right no matter the time. I also believe the adult that turns their head should be prosecuted also to the full extent of the law.
I am for changing laws to help victims of assault and rape bring charges when their ready and not on the current regulations.
Please pass the laws to protect those who have been Assaulted. What if it was your loved ine
I need everyone's help. We have less than a week to get a hearing scheduled for HB2071 by Rep Ann Johnson. This bill will remove the statute of limitation on child abuse and sexual assault against minors. HB2071 will allow the victims right to walk through the courtroom when they are ready. Here is how you can help. Below is the email addresses to everyone on the committee in which HB2071 currently sits. I encourage you to email all these representatives and let them know you want the Bill heard and passed into law during this session. Victims cannot wait another two years for the laws to be changed. That is two more years of heartache and pain. We want the right to speak, we deserve that. We want the statute of limitation removed from child abuse and sexual assault crimes committed against minors, #HB2071. Then please share this post. Together, we can make this post go viral! Thank you all for your support. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Position Member Chair: Rep. Jeff Leach Vice Chair: Rep. Yvonne Davis Members: Rep. Harold V. Dutton, Jr. Rep. Julie Johnson Rep. Matt Krause Rep. Mayes Middleton Rep. Joe Moody Rep. Mike Schofield Rep. Reggie Smith
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Victims need time to deal with the assault against them and should not be punished because of their time restraints.