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Stogner v. California, No. 01-1757 (U.S. Supreme Court) (539 U.S. 607; 123 S.Ct. 2446) (June 26, 2003) (Justice Breyer)

Until 1993, most sex crimes in California were governed by a general three-year statute of limitations, which meant that they could not be prosecuted once three years had elapsed. Pressured by the rising incidence and notoriety of child sex abuse crimes, the California legislature changed the law that year by ...

 

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