MISSION
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To remove the
statute of limitations
for
child survivors
of sexual abuse
across
the United States
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5 minutes
THE FOUNDER EXPLAINS WHY
THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
AGAINST CHILDREN MUST BE REMOVED.
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THIS'LL MAKE YOU
4 minutes
Kelly Thorne, the founder of The Child Safety Act, was unable to take the perpetrator who hurt her off the street due to legal time restrictions
(a.k.a. the statute of limitations).
She and everyone on the Child Safety Act team is dedicated to getting rid of this time restriction,
making sure our children are safe
and our streets are free from perpetrators.
The time you have to take someone to court if they hurt you
What's a statute of limitations?
Why would states
put a time limit on little kids to take
their perpetrators
to court?
A MAN WALKS INTO A POLICE STATION
HE CONFESSES HE'S BEEN ABUSING CHILDREN FOR DECADES,
BUT THE POLICE CAN'T CONVICT BECAUSE OF THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
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HE WALKS FREE TODAY, ABLE TO HURT MORE CHILDREN
49 seconds
1) case overload:
There might be so many kids that were hurt, that the courts would have lots of cases.
Why some people want to leave the
statute of limitations against children:
16 seconds
2) difficultly
proving allegations
2 minutes
NY recently removed
the time limit for survivors.
How did they deal with the influx of cases?
45 judges.
Are survivors memories reliable?
1 minute
.Yes
Seems like pretty weak reasons to keep children from taking bad guys off the streets....
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Hoooo would want to keep these laws?
So many ways to help!
