Former Franken female staffers speak out: He treated us with the utmost respect

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47. I'm not entirely clear about that.

I'm drawing a parallel. Moore is being condemned based on unsupported female accusations from 40+ years ago. Franken is being defended because female accusations from 40+ years ago are unsupported. What is the difference? One is Republican and the other Democrat.

I'm inclined to believe that the statute of limitations should not apply merely to criminal prosecution, but should also apply to public and personal destruction. The statute applies because the misbehavior cannot be adequately proven: evidence disappears, witnesses die, memories change or are lost, crime scenes change, etc. If a person cannot be prosecuted for misbehavior due to the impossibility of proving the case, why should it be possible to publicly and personally destroy that person?

I don't really think either Moore or Franken should be in need of any defense.

On the other hand the victims are due some form of justice. There's no really good answer. It's an imperfect world.

On the other hand (or perhaps adding a foot), had the victims spoken out sooner then justice would have been a lot more likely, so they are not entirely free blame for the lack of justice. Sure, speaking out would have been hard, but no one ever promised that life, liberty, freedom... and justice... was easy. The constitution only guarantees access, it does not serve it up on a silver platter.