ILLINOIS
News Tribune
State Rep. Frank Mautino (D-Spring Valley) is backing legislation to protect victims of sexual abuse by expanding prosecutors’ ability to file charges against alleged rapists.
“Sexual assaults are hideous crimes that can leave victims traumatized for the rest for their lives. Their emotional pain is made worse when their attackers can’t even be arrested and held accountable,” Mautino said in a press release this week.
“Victims must be given every opportunity to see their attackers brought to justice.”
The measure calls for lengthening the statute of limitations in rape cases. Currently, the statute of limitations begins once the crime is committed. Under the bill Mautino supports, the clock on the statute of limitations would not begin until the evidence from the rape is collected, transmitted and analyzed by the state police.
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