No Alabama statute of limitations to prosecute for sex crimes against a 14 year old.

[L. Coyote]

http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/codeofalabama/1975/15-3-5.htm

Section 15-3-5
Offenses having no limitation.

(a) There is no limitation of time within which a prosecution must be commenced for:

(1) Any capital offense;
(2) Any felony involving the use, attempted use, or threat of, violence to a person;
(3) Any felony involving serious physical injury or death of a person;
(4) Any sex offense involving a victim under 16 years of age, regardless of whether it involves force or serious physical injury or death;
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[Kaleva]

1. Hmmm

[Canoe52]

2. Obviously, its Hillarys fault again.

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[L. Coyote]

3. In for a Trump, .....

Once you cross that line, placing party above the law, it doesn't matter how crooked your own people are. But their tell is obvious, call the other side worst crooks to justify supporting your criminals.

[Nevernose]

4. There wasnt in 1979

Ex post facto, he can’t be punished.

[L. Coyote]

6. If there was no limitation in 1979, then he is subject to prosecution.

http://codes.findlaw.com/al/title-15-criminal-procedure/al-code-sect-15-3-5.html

(b) The amendments made by this act shall apply:

(1) To all crimes committed after January 7, 1985;  and

(2) To all crimes committed before January 7, 1985, for which no statute of limitations provided under pre-existing law has run as of January 7, 1985.

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[Nevernose]

7. No, I was unclear

There was a three year limit in 1979, and until the child was 21 for civil suits.

[former9thward]

5. If you copy and paste a law you need to copy all of it instead of just half.

The bottom half says:

(b) The amendments made by this act shall apply:

(1) To all crimes committed after January 7, 1985; and

(2) To all crimes committed before January 7, 1985, for which no statute of limitations provided under pre-existing law has run as of January 7, 1985.

These allegations are about events in 1979. In 1979 the Statute of Limitations was 3 years for sex crimes. The limit for civil suits for minors was when the minor turned 21.

[Podkayne K]

8. This is Alabama...

where you must have your parent's permission to marry if you're under 14, UNLESS you've been married before.

[raven mad]

9. Knowing Alabama as well as I do (daughter born there) -

I'd worry more about her daddy than the cops.

[SergeStorms]

10. With all of the Republican sex scandals in Alabama....

within the past decade, and the people of Alabama seemingly caring nothing about it, I'm fairly certain this will have no influence on the outcome of the Senate race there. Alabama Republicans are holy as hell when it comes to regular people, but not when it comes to their Republican politicians. You see, even if they pretended to care, that would imply some guilt on their holiest of holies: their "family values, god and country Republican politicians". That cannot happen in Alabama. It just can't. Otherwise they'd have to admit to being the total hypocrites they obviously are.