I believe Vanessa Tyson for a couple of reasons. One of which is...

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146. If he disagrees with me and thinks a statute of limitations passed after 1982 applies to a 1982 case

he is, indeed wrong.

You can take as many screenshots as you like and mark them up to your heart's content, but that doesn't change anything. Both you and Vignarajah are wrong in stating that Kavanaugh's assault on Ford is not barred by the statute of limitations. Interestingly, Vignarajah cited 1982 law to DEFINE sexual assault (attempted rape) but he does NOT cite the statute of limitations that applied to attempted rape in 1982 - instead, he keeps citing the current law, which is inapplicable to a sexual assault that took place in 1982 before the current law went into effect.

No wonder you're so confused. That happens when you rely on a source who engages in a legal shellgame.

But since you are so interested in sources, here's another source, who is surely at least as knowledgeable about about how criminal prosecutions for sexual assault work in Maryland as the former Deputy Attorney General (whose office doesn't oversee or prosecute sexual assault cases).

At the time, attempted rape was a misdemeanor in Maryland, which meant it had a 1-year statute of limitations, according to Lisae Jordan, the executive director and counsel for the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Maryland law changed in 1996, making attempted rape a felony with an unlimited statute of limitations. But a crime that occurred in 1982 would be prosecuted under the law as it existed in 1982.
https://wamu.org/story/18/09/28/fact-check-local-laws-bear-allegations-kavanaugh-hearing/

Or the Maryland State's Attorney and Chief of Police, whose offices, unlike the AG's office actually DO regularly charge and prosecute sexual assault cases:

Furthermore, the law at the time the offense occurred is the law that must be applied to any charges that might be brought. For example, in 1982, assault and attempted rape were both misdemeanors and subject to a one-year statute of limitations.
http://www.mymcpnews.com/2018/09/28/police-and-states-attorney-response-to-montgomery-county-house-delgations-delegations-request-to-open-criminal-investigation-against-judge-brett-kavanaugh/

The bottom line is that any prosecution of the crimes Kavanaugh is alleged to have committed ran decades ago.

And with that, this discussion is over since I don't intend to waste any more of my time arguing with a non-lawyer about what the law in my area of expertise says. (I can't believe I spent this much time already - I guess the teacher in me wants to help people learn. But that only works on people who actually DO want to learn and don't just want to argue and deflect).

Have a good evening.