Past sins

[king1]

Tell that to the woman who was raped 30 years ago, who until now, couldn't bring herself to face, not only a jury, but her perpetrator, and even more importantly, her emotional state, that would still exist, even after so many years.

Tell that to the children who were brought up in a convent, where there was abuse going on, and they were too afraid to speak up, even well into their adulthood, because they were so traumatised.

Tell that to the family, who's child was murdered back in the '80's, and finally, there might be a breakthrough, and the murdered will finally get what they deserve, and imprisoned.

Why should the time after a crime has been committed, be 'forgiven', simply because it happened 2 decades ago, or whenever.

those are unforgivable crimes and i'm not sure it's being suggested there should be a time limit on prosecution of crimes. 

I think the time limit suggested is moreso for dumb things people say and do, not necessarily a crime, but potentially career ending...

If it's a criminal offence that has been investigated at the time and no outcome - i'm on the fence, probably if it's misdemeanour level then it should be left in the past...