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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 82897, member: 173"]
Um, how exactly does that apply to this case?  My question is what would you (or anyone else that chooses to respond) expect the police to do with evidence that incriminated a person when the SOL has expired.

I'm not sure how to elaborate on my position any further, but I'll try to give an example.  Someone goes to the police to accuse another citizen of sexually assaulting them as a child, but the SOL expired.  The police investigate anyway, uncover some possibly incriminating material.  But, they can't have him tried, so rather than go through the court system since that avenue isn't available, they broadcast the results of their findings so that everyone else knows they should keep their kids away from the suspect.  Or they don't even do that, but one officer that's upset they can't do anything starts yapping at a bar about this evidence they have that proves they "know" the guy is a pedophile, and others start to run with it.  In either case the guy's reputation is ruined, and he has absolutely no recourse since there never will be and never can be a trial.

People who think investigating in a situation where the SOL has expired are in reality sanctioning witch hunts.  They want to do a good thing; they want to protect kids - but they are conveniently ignoring the collateral damage they are going to inflict as a result.
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