CLEVELAND (OH)
Fox 8 News
June 3, 2019
By Kevin Freeman
It’s a crime that’s violent, traumatizing and often goes unreported. On Monday, Ohio’s highest law enforcement official announced a proposal to eliminate the statute of limitations for rape. Under current Ohio law, a person who commits rape, cannot be prosecuted for the crime after 20 years have passed.
“I don’t think that a rapist ought to be able to run out the clock on justice,” said Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.
Yost was flanked by two former Attorneys General, Nancy Rogers and Betty Montgomery, to publicly announce a plea to state lawmakers. They are urging the state legislature to toss out the current 20-year statute of limitations for rape offenses. Yost and five of Ohio’s former Attorneys General sent a letter to state lawmakers, requesting that there be no time limit on prosecuting rape cases, just like it is for murder.
“We believe that murder and rape have a lot in common in the sense that they are grievous offenses,” Yost said.
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