The need to change current laws
6 Years… the age of 24. Clearly the people who wrote this law were NOT victims. Our minds are not fully mature until our 30’s. For a majority of victims, they are in their 40’s or 50’s before they reach a point of strength and healing to pursue charging their perpetrator.
Murder has no time limitations.
What is the definition of murder?
murdered; murdering ˈmər-d(ə-)riŋ ; murders
: to kill (a person) unlawfully and unjustifiably with premeditated malice
Child Abuse (my definition)- to kill a child’s mind, body and spirit unlawfully and unjustifiably with premeditated malice.
So why is there only 6 years to pursue justice?
What are the effects of childhood sexual abuse?
Effects of Child Sexual Abuse on Victims
For victims, the effects of child sexual abuse can be devastating. Victims may feel significant distress and display a wide range of psychological symptoms, both short- and long-term. They may feel powerless, ashamed, and distrustful of others. The abuse may disrupt victims development and increase the likelihood that they will experience other sexual assaults in the future.
In the short-term (up to two years), victims may exhibit regressive behaviors (e.g., thumb-sucking and bed-wetting in younger children), sleep disturbances, eating problems, behavior and/or performance problems at school, and unwillingness to participate in school or social activities.
Longer-term effects may be wide-ranging, to include anxiety-related, self-destructive behaviors such as alcoholism or drug abuse, anxiety attacks, and insomnia.
Victims may show fear and anxiety in response to people who share characteristics of the abuser, i.e., the same sex as the abuser or similar physical characteristics. Victims may experience difficulties in adult relationships and adult sexual functioning.
Survivors may feel anger at the abuser, at adults who failed to protect them, and at themselves for not having been able to stop the abuse.
Victims may experience traumatic sexualization, or the shaping of their sexuality in “developmentally inappropriate” and “interpersonally dysfunctional” ways.
Victims may feel betrayed and an inability to trust adults because someone they depended on has caused them great harm or failed to protect them.
Victims may feel powerless because the abuse has repeatedly violated their body space and acted against their will through coercion and manipulation.
Abusers may cause victims to feel stigmatized (i.e., ashamed, bad, deviant) and responsible for the molestation.
Victims of child sexual abuse have higher rates of revictimization (later sexual assaults) than non-victims.
Some victims may appear to be free of the above symptoms.
A study conducted in 1986 found that 63% of women who had suffered sexual abuse by a family member also reported a rape or attempted rape after the age of 14. Recent studies in 2000, 2002, and 2005 have all concluded similar results.
Children who had an experience of rape or attempted rape in their adolescent years were 13.7 times more likely to experience rape or attempted rape in their first year of college.
Those with a prior history of sexual victimization are extremely likely to be re-victimized. Some research estimates an increased risk of over 1000%.
A child who is the victim of prolonged sexual abuse usually develops low self-esteem, a feeling of worthlessness and an abnormal or distorted view of sex. The child may become withdrawn and mistrustful of adults and can become suicidal.
Murder ends a persons’ life… SO DOES CHILD ABUSE.
Ohio and 49 others- every state needs to protect our children.
CHANGE OUR LAWS,,, Remove the Statutes of Limitation so we can pursue pedophiles, regardless of when we feel strong enough to stand up and be heard.
Ohio Revised Code 5101.131 states that information contained in or obtained from the information system established and maintained under section 5101.13 of the Revised Code is confidential and not subject to disclosure. This means that certain child welfare system information is protected from public access and can only be disclosed under specific circumstances, such as when required by law or when necessary for the protection of children.
Section 2901.13 | Statute of limitations for criminal offenses.
Effective:
April 9, 2025
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 322 - 135th General Assembly
(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) of this section or as otherwise provided in this section, a prosecution shall be barred unless it is commenced within the following periods after an offense is committed:
(a) For a felony, six years;
(b) For a misdemeanor other than a minor misdemeanor, two years;
(c) For a minor misdemeanor, six months.
