(NETWORK INDIANA) The House could vote next week on a bill restarting the five-year clock to file charges if there’s D-N-A or video evidence, or a confession. A 2015 law already creates those exceptions for rape cases — the Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council says that law cleared the way for at least one rape prosecution. The Senate has already passed a bill to apply those exceptions to other sex crimes.
State law allows molesting charges until the accuser turns 31. Victims’ groups say many times, that’s still not long enough for victims to come to grips with the trauma enough to speak up. Camille Cooper with the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) says Indiana should abolish the statute of limitations for sex crimes entirely.
If the House passes the bill, it’ll still need to iron out some differences with the Senate version.
