Moving this over from the other thread, where I was starting a conversation with Aceplace about the statute of limitations. I think it really belongs here.
I thought that there are published reports that the case was outside the statute of limitations in 2006. According to this information, because the victims were under the age of 18, that is incorrect. Josh should have been prosecuted. It is unclear whether he should be prosecuted now (no statute of limitations for crimes against minors), or whether it gets dropped because he’s outside of the Juvenile court Jurisdiction. I’m not sure I follow the logic on no statute of limitations on the one hand, but not the other. It seems to me there is an implicit statement being made that these charges are so serious there’s no time limit. If you substitute in “murder”, or other crimes for which there is no time limit, how does the court handle the fact that someone was a minor at the time of the commission of the crime but is an adult when found?
If anyone knows anything about these aspects, I would like to know.