What is the current state of the law around the statute of limitations in sexual assault cases?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Watson, 690 F.2d 15 (2nd Cir. 1979):
The majority seeks to escape all this by framing the issue in terms of a "tolling" of or an "exception" to the statute of limitations and quoting a statement in United States v. Marion, supra, 404 U.S. at 322, 92 S.Ct. at 464, that when the limitations period has passed, "there is an irrebuttable presumption that a defendant's right to a fair trial would be prejudiced". The analysis
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