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Be careful about changing statutes of limitations

Posted by d on 2007-April-01 00:44:18 EDT, Sunday
In reply to Ping: alistaircato and ALL NEW POSTERS posted by Baldur on 2007-March-31 07:30:53 EDT, Saturday

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One exception to the above: if you have engaged in a criminal act, but it has been fully resolved in a court of law or you are otherwise immune to legal actions against you, you may discuss it - but please be clear about that in your posts - at the very least your first posts on the subject, and preferably later ones (because us mods can't always keep track of who said what).

There may not be any such thing as "fully resolved in a court of law."

If you went to jail for something 30 years ago, you may think you are safe from a lawsuit since the statutes of limitations have expired. Technically, this makes the issue "fully resolved."

However, after the Catholic Priest scandals many states retroactively removed the statute of limitations on lawsuits. In the future, other states may do the same.

So, unless you've been sued by every party that can possibly sue you even if time-limits were retroactively extended, or had such suits permanently barred, you can't claim it's "fully resolved."

d


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