Entries by SOL Reform

Washington State –criminal– changing SOL from 1 year to report in some cases, to age 30!

Full bill Text: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2013-14/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5100-S.pdf Changes to child sex abuse statute of limitations mean justice for victims and prosecution for offenders Tuesday, March 05 2013 – Jim Hargrove | Permalink OLYMPIA – Changes made to the state’s statute of limitations on child sex abuse cases by the Washington State Senate will allow Washington to pursue more cases and prevent more people […]

Rabbi Blau on Why the SOL Should Be Extended

Text of Statement to Hearings of the New York State Assembly, Committee on Sexual Abuse, March 8, 2013 by Rabbi Yosef Blau, mashgiach ruchani (spiritual adviser) at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) of Yeshiva University. The Committee hearing were devoted to the Child Sex Abuse Act (CSA) to extend the Statute of Limitations for […]

Child sex abuse survivor exemplifies need for change

Child sex abuse survivor exemplifies need for change www.mcall.com/news/local/white/mc-bw-child-sex-abuse-survivor-20130308,0,4193195.column Bill White 7:49 PM EST, March 8, 2013 Kristen Pfautz Woolley of York is a textbook example of lots of things, most of them inspiring. Of using traumatic events to build something very positive, for one. Of emerging from childhood sexual abuse not as a victim, […]

2013 NY Child Victims Act #A1771 (criminal & civil elimination; window)

View as PDF: RE: Public Hearing on New York Bill No. A1771 (The Statute of Limitations Applicable to Sexual Abuse against Minors), Friday, March 8, 2013, 10:00 A.M. (Assembly Hearing Room, 250 Broadway, 19th Floor, Room 1923) View Video: