No more statute of limitations for minor victims of sexual offenses
Last week President Biden signed the Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act into law. The act eliminates the statute of limitations for a minor victim of a human trafficking offense or federal sex offense to file a civil action to recover damages.
The text of the law can be seen here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3103/text
The new law eliminates the statute of limitations—currently set at 10 years—for a minor victim to file a civil action to recover damages for several federal crimes against minors, including sexual abuse, trafficking, exploitation, and pornography. The act would apply prospectively and retroactively, allowing civil suits to be brought for actions committed more than 10 years ago.
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So if I interpret this correctly, even though the verdict has been given, and the case is closed, and we have served our time, a victim can come back years later at any time and take us to civil court and sue us for damages.
In essence, now we can be taken back to a civil court for the same crime.
Let’s not forget Biden boasted of playing a key role on getting the public registry passed, so I’m not a fan of him.
But also keep in mind that the registry laws are a bipartisan effort. Every President in the past quarter century has at some point passed laws that cause harm to us.