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Ms. Toad

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2. This shouldn't hold -

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Tue Aug 1, 2017, 06:42 PM

Aug 2017

False imprisonment is - generally - an ongoing offense that does not terminate until release, so the statute of limitations essentially should have started ticking again every day he was still in custody.

(I haven't looked up this particular statute, but that is a common interpretation for crimes or torts that aren't instantaneously completed.)

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U.S. Citizen, Held By Immigration For 3 Years, Denied Compensation By Appeals Court [View all] ehrnst Aug 2017 OP

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This shouldn't hold - Ms. Toad Aug 2017 #2

This sucks big time! williesgirl Aug 2017 #3

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