CONNECTICUT
Hartford Courant
Daniela Altimari
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would extend the statute of limitations for sexual assault cases.
Senate Bill 1042 would give victims and prosecutors up to 10 years to bring a sexual assault case forward, up from the current limit of five years.
Advocates say the change is needed because victims often need time to process the trauma of their experience.
“There have been cases where the statute of limitations has expired before a case can be fully built, which deprives the victim for a chance for justice through no fault of their own,” Kaitlyn Fydenkevez, director of policy and public relations for the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence told the legislature’s judiciary committee on Friday.
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