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Originally posted by BBtB
Permitting the government to make ex post facto laws is VERY dangerous. I mean I am not premoting child molestation but just because YOU don't like something doesn't mean we can try people who did it before it was illegal like they did it when it was illegal. Its sad that their were no specfic laws for that then (or they were much softer)
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Was it that there were no laws about this behavior? Or was it that statute of limitations ran out first? In the first case, I think that would be insane. I'm sure I could find awful things to do to others for which no specific law existed. That really isn't the case here is it? Isn't a matter of the second case, where the statute of limitations ran out?
I am highly in favor of government limited its own power. If it was indeed a matter of a statute of limitations it does make this easier to swallow - unlike some other technicalities people have gotten off for. Ultimately, it is the government's fault for passing these limitations in the first place. I hope these laws will be changed so it doesn't happen again. I also hope that if there are still punishable offenses people come forward so justice can be done.
I would be extremely upset, beyond words, if I were one of the victims.