Petition Time Limit on Criminal Prosecutions

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There should be a Time Limit on Criminal Prosecutions, so that no one may be arrested and charged with a crime committed more than twenty years before, if the evidence is primarily based upon eyewitness testimony. This being because people's memories are not reliable after such a long period. A possible extension to maybe twenty five or thirty years might be permitted if other evidence such as DNA is available.

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Date closed 1 May 2014
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