2006-06-26 18:38:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
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2006-06-26 18:41:36 · answer #1 · answered by glock509 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Statute of limitations in Washington State for statutory rape is (3) years. However, you should note that there is a difference between statutory rape and "rape". When one refers to statutory rape they're speaking of an adult having sex with a minor and you should know that if the 'victim' feels he/she was "raped" rather than had consensual sex it's a different issue. The Statute of limitations is still (3) years BUT it's (3) years from the date the victim "remembers" the incident.
Which means......if 30 years from now they "remember" being raped by you that's when the (3) year statute begins. If it was consensual sex then it's (3) years from the date you last had sexual relations.
2006-06-27 02:01:21 · answer #2 · answered by rmtmka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this is what you mean by statutory rape:
Revised Code of Washington 9A.44.079
Rape of a child in the third degree.
(1) A person is guilty of rape of a child in the third degree when the person has sexual intercourse with another who is at least fourteen years old but less than sixteen years old and not married to the perpetrator and the perpetrator is at least forty-eight months older than the victim.
(2) Rape of a child in the third degree is a class C felony.
Then the limitations of actions is:
RCW 9A.20.021
Maximum sentences for crimes committed July 1, 1984, and after.
(1) Felony. Unless a different maximum sentence for a classified felony is specifically established by a statute of this state, no person convicted of a classified felony shall be punished by confinement or fine exceeding the following:
...... (c) For a class C felony, by confinement in a state correctional institution for five years, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of ten thousand dollars, or by both such confinement and fine.
2006-06-27 08:58:22 · answer #3 · answered by aitutaki98 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know, but rmtmka is wrong. The statute of limitations begins on the day a crime is committed, not when the victim remembers the crime.
2006-06-27 03:00:12 · answer #4 · answered by SeahawkFan37 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the victim was sexually assualted before there 18th birthday then the statute of limitations doesnt start to run until they turn 18...however the faster you report it then the better it is...also try to get as much evidence as possible an an try to write down what happened in detail...an the place it happen ..what he said to you..what he looked like..his name ect....the more evidence you have them more likly there will be an conviction..but if there is no eviddence it is not impossible so dont uit even if it means ytou have to go to alot of different people to get them to listen to you.
2006-06-27 08:31:58 · answer #5 · answered by samantha1989 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you that 38 year old woman that's dating a 19 year old guy? You're listening to the advice that woman gave you about checking the state laws. Man, I don't think you have anything to worry about. 18 is the age for most adults. You can watch pornography at 18.
2006-06-27 01:44:37 · answer #6 · answered by Shawn J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the stat of limitations is 7 years for everything except murder
2006-06-27 01:42:33 · answer #7 · answered by ML 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rmtmka is not totally wrong....if you can prove a suppressed memory then she is right....it is very hard to prove
2006-06-27 04:29:12 · answer #8 · answered by tatgirl66 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in va it is 2.5 years older than the minor... dunno about washington
2006-06-27 01:42:09 · answer #9 · answered by bribri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋