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107A
ADOPTED AS REVISED

Urges Review of Child Sexual Abuse Statutes of Limitations

RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges federal, state, territorial, and tribal governments to review child sexual abuse criminal statutes of limitations to determine, despite problems such as faded memory and deterioration of evidence whether special factors including the age of the victim, inability to report, and abuse of trust, warrant extending the statute of limitations applicable to said crimes.

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