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I have two daughters who were abused by their own father for years. He is still and has been free to molest more children because my daughters were unable to prosecute him due to the statute of limitations.  I think that once one person comes forward and an abuser is named more people who were molested by them will come forward too and that is a pretty powerful testimony. It is hard to deny in front of a court that one persons memory is wrong when there are more then one saying the same thing.  

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What about the innocent children that have no voice or recourse as children or adults that suffer for the rest of their lives from the sex abuse they received as a child. If a few innocent people get put behind bars it is no different then some innocent people getting put in jail for murder. It happens but there are also the ones that were guilty and will be stopped from molesting more children because studies have shown that pedophiles do not stop molesting children because they are attracted to children not adults. They don't stop from a guilty conscience. They have to be put in jail and maybe get some counseling. Those people you refer to that committed crimes along time ago, are still committing those crimes against children and had continued from the time they molested the person who is bringing the law suite. Just as I stated above they don't stop with just one child.   

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I am the mother of two adult children who were sexually abused for years by their father who regularly attended church, had a high paying government position, taught bible study and seemed like the perfect family man. The oldest child went to the police to report him once she was able to remember and come to terms with her abuse. They both had repressed memory so were unable to voice their abuse. She was told the statute of limitations had run out. He still has never been caught. Since then I have become an advocate for eliminating the statute of limitations for child sex abuse in Oregon. I walked across the state to bring awareness to this cause in September this year and everyone I met told me stories about sex abuse in their families. The support for eliminating the law with survivors is 100%. I was working with a legislator who has put it on hold due to what he said was a lack of support. The book, "Justice Denied" by Marci Hamilton states there will be opposition but we need to prevail. Survivors are often to traumatized to come forward and speak for themselves so we who are stronger must work for them! my webstie is: www.wintreswishes.org

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