NEBRASKA
Omaha World-Herald
Nebraska lawmakers approached a difficult issue the right way this week. They had to think through how to provide justice in child sexual abuse cases while not running afoul of the Constitution’s protections for those accused.
Sen. Bob Krist of Omaha sponsored Legislative Bill 300, which would remove the statute of limitations on the ability to file civil lawsuits against individuals involving alleged sexual assault of a child. Eight states so far have taken that action.
Nebraska has no statute of limitations for filing criminal charges against someone accused of sexual assault of a child.
“I brought this bill on behalf of people who were damaged as children at the hands of an adult,” Krist told his colleagues during floor debate Wednesday. Krist said he drew up the legislation “so that those people who suffered from those injuries could find their own peace in their life.”
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