# Josh Duggar (Duggar kid 1/19) to be executive director of Family Research Council **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 19, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-duggar-kid-1-19-to-be-executive-director-of-family-research-council/661369 "2013-06-19T16:22:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 371
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-duggar-kid-1-19-to-be-executive-director-of-family-research-council/661369/371 "2015-05-27T06:10:15Z")
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. > [@Aceplace57, what the fuck is wrong with you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aceplace57-what-the-fuck-is-wrong-with-you/720698/71): > > My local news channel ran an article explaining it. Josh was a minor and it involved fondling. Not actual rape. > > [Statute of limitations likely to save Josh Duggar from facing judge](http://www.katv.com/story/29138824/statute-of-limitations-likely-to-save-josh-duggar-from-facing-judge) > > Many crimes in Arkansas don’t have a statute of limitations like capital and first degree murder, sexual indecency with a child, first degree sexual assault and child porn. But most crimes have limits to when action can be taken against the suspect. > > “It depends on the facts as they’re presented to you as a prosecutor,” said Hiland. > \ > > Class “A” and “Y” felonies, carry six year statutes of limitations. Class “B”, “C”, and “D” felonies carry only three year statute of limitations. But the exceptions to the rule are made again if the victim is a minor. Instances of rape and sexual assault will have no statute of limitations if the victim was under the age of 18. > > But when it comes to suspects that are minors – that’s where the grey area comes back into play. > > “If it’s sexual assault second, if it’s a minor on a minor, meaning a minor commits against a minor, then that’s the domain of the juvenile court and juvenile court loses jurisdiction over them at the age of 21,” said Hiland. 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-duggar-duggar-kid-1-19-to-be-executive-director-of-family-research-council/661369)._