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In reply to the discussion: Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert Indicted On Federal Charges [View all]csziggy
(34,189 posts)57. It depends on where and when it happened
In Illinois, apparently in 1986 they changed the statute of limitations from three years to longer - but it is much more complicated than that. I found a document that discusses the period of time and the decision whether or not charges should be filed. I'm pre-coffee and not a lawyer so making sense of it is not happening, but if you want to wade through it, here you go:
http://www.icasa.org/docs/statute%20of%20limitations.pdf
There is a simpler chart but it does not discuss older cases: http://www.icasa.org/index.aspx?PageID=460
The organization that put that online is the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, http://www.icasa.org/home.aspx?PageID=500
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"FOX will report this as - Dennis Hastert (D) " You just KNOW they will, if they report it at all.
arcane1
May 2015
#30
We know them too well. I pity their poor fox truthers.. dumbest mofos on the Planet.
Cha
May 2015
#63
As God is my witness, I thought he was dead. Guess he was just staying low. nt
onehandle
May 2015
#6
Sibel Edmonds, August 2005: Hastert received illegal payments from Turkish nat'ls for favors.
seafan
May 2015
#37
Don't forget the Foley page scandal and Hastert's role: "willfully ignorant"
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2015
#47