Testimony before the New York Assembly Committee on Codes, Public Hearing
Testimony before the New York Assembly Committee on Codes, Public Hearing • Relative to the The Statute of Limitations Applicable to Sexual Abuse against Minors
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03/29/11: Testimony Before the Hawaii House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on SB217.SD2. HD1
Testimony Before the Hawaii House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on SB217.SD2. HD1
03/04/11: Testimony Before the Hawaii House of Representatives Committee on Human Service on SB217.SD2
Testimony Before the Hawaii House of Representatives Committee on Human Service on SB217.SD2
The Progress We’ve Made — and Haven’t Yet Made — on Child-Sex-Abuse Statutes of Limitations: 2010, the Year in Review by Marci A. Hamilton
Fortunately, the pace of legal reform regarding child-sex-abuse statutes of limitations did not abate in 2010. The logic of eliminating the statute of limitations (“SOL”) for this heinous crime and tort — and of creating an SOL “window” so that past victims can come forward and receive justice — remains irrefutable. Study after study has […]
Professor Marci A. Hamilton, Reforming the Statute of Limitations for Child Sex Abuse: New York’s Child Victims Act Shouldn’t Be Political, But It Is, FindLaw
Reforming the Statute of Limitations for Child Sex Abuse: New York’s Child Victims Act Shouldn’t Be Political, But It Is By MARCI A. HAMILTON Thursday, June 10, 2010 Last week, the New York Child Victims Act (available at http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/S5893A) was defeated in the Senate Codes Committee. For New York’s children, it was a choice that […]
The truth about statute-of-limitation reforms, Marci A. Hamilton, Connecticut Post
By Marci A. Hamilton As revelations of childhood sexual abuse by clergy have become epidemic across the globe, the Vatican has instituted a number of measures to increase transparency and action in dealing with the crisis. The Pope has now met with victims, accepted the resignation of a number of bishops and issued a directive to […]
HB1104 amends SOL so as to short-circuit child-sex-abuse claims by Native American victims against Catholic priests
South Dakota made the highly unusual move of reducing its child sexual abuse SOL so as to short-circuit child-sex-abuse claims by Native American victims against Catholic priests.
Debating The Statute of Limitations In Child Sexual Abuse Cases; Current Limit Of Age 48 Would Be Lifted Under Bill, Christopher Keating, Courant Blogs.com
The current age of 48 was established by the legislature in 2002 when lawmakers said that a victim should have 30 years to make a claim upon reaching the age of 18. As such, the age of 48 was written into the law.
Marci Hamilton’s Testimony on Connecticut Raised Bill No. 5473.
Marci Hamilton’s Testimony on Raised Bill No. 5473.
Testimony Before the Connecticut State Joint Committee on Judiciary • Relative to Raised Bill No. HB-5473: An Act Concerning Actions to Recover Damages for the Sexual Abuse of a Minor
Marci Hamilton’s Testimony on Raised Bill No. 5473. View Raised H.B. 5473, as referred to the Joint Committee on Judiciary on March 5, 2010.