Md. looks at eliminating statute of limitations for sex abuse
Maryland’s House of Delegates is considering a bill that would eliminate the statute of limitations in civil claims of child sex abuse.
The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on the bill on Thursday from survivors and advocates. Among them were the bill’s sponsor, Del. C.T. Wilson, who was sexually abused as a child himself.
In addition to firsthand accounts of abuse, the committee heard from various survivor organizations, as well as those who deal with legally pursuing sex abuse cases.
“There are people here, who probably won’t be here next year,” Wilson said in his opening statement to the committee. “And some of them are going to take their own lives, or their lives will end early because of what they went through.”
“If I don’t make it to next year, I’m going to give you guys one hell of a fight this year,” Wilson tearfully concluded.
No one at the hearing spoke in opposition to the bill...
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ReplyDelete"No one at the hearing spoke in opposition to the bill."
ReplyDeleteBut, will they vote in favor of it?
“To love is to act.” -Victor Hugo
ReplyDeleteIf a Delegate has to plead before his colleagues for justice, I wonder what does a common person have do.
ReplyDeleteActually, didn't Del. Kathleen Dumais oppose it, trying to claim the bill violated the Statute of Repose, a theory that comes from construction law to limit architects from having liability due to subsequent code changes? Dumais is a two faced sneak who is trying to deny child sex abuse victims justice. Shame on her.
ReplyDeleteIn other words, the esteemed delegate would rather have children routinely violated by sexual abusers than, God forbid, violate an inanimate object. We sure know how to select our legal scholars.
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