It would be folly to take this already much-abused statute and turn it into a permanent excuse for a never-ending war.
Part of the Obama administration's proposal would dramatically expand the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the oft-abused and notorious statute that the Justice Department used to threaten the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz with 35 years in jail.
The two men he said abused him have died and the statute of limitations precludes him from taking any legal action.
That law refers to another statute, which defines an abused child as one who was harmed by a "parent or other person legally responsible for his care," which can include "any person continually or at regular intervals found in the same household as the child".
30% of abused children become abusers themselves.
A28 Bishop Says He Was Abused Saying he had been sexually abused as a teenage seminarian, a Roman Catholic Bishop became the highest-ranking member of the church to endorse legislation in various states that would loosen the statute of limitations on lawsuits relating to sexual abuse by clergy members.
The victims and their advocates recall it differently, saying that one victim was then a student at the school and was being abused — which would have been well within the statute.
They point out that he fought hard against legislation in Colorado that would have extended the statute of limitations for people who say they were sexually abused to sue the church.
The indictment also said that Mr. Fleming had raped, sodomized and sexually abused both victims, though he was not charged with those crimes because the statute of limitations has passed, according to the Bronx district attorney's office.
A prosperous grain dealer, Sturge visited the West Indies (1836 37) to learn the effects of the statute of August 28, 1833, that abolished slavery de jure in the British colonies but substituted an easily abused "apprenticeship" system.
