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more time for justice (child sex abuse) - Bullwinkle - 05-07-2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/07/opinion/more-time-for-justice.html?_r=1
"Hawaii significantly strengthened its protections against child sexual abuse last month when Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed a measure extending the statute of limitations for civil lawsuits filed by child victims. At least as important, it opens a one-time two-year window to allow victims to file suits against their abusers even if the time limit had expired under the old law."
RE: more time for justice (child sex abuse) - oink - 05-07-2012
I'm all good with that but I wonder if the one-time window thing will survive court challenge.
Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.
RE: more time for justice (child sex abuse) - Bullwinkle - 05-08-2012
Long overdue - its the relative backwardness of some (prior) laws that surprise me about hawaii from time to time
Archaic laws like this could make us a haven for the flotsam and jetsam of the mainland and other places.... time to join the 21st century imho
Hope the court expands on the ruling rather than toss out the two year window - could go either way - last I checked local pedophiles did not have much of a lobby or pac - grin
RE: more time for justice (child sex abuse) - flytraps - 05-15-2012
Nice to see the system helping the victim for a change. Its real hard for someone that has been abused to speak up.
RE: more time for justice (child sex abuse) - Bullwinkle - 05-16-2012
'Been down that road - have little tolerance for adults that attack children and the infirm.