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Crime Victims United

Rape survivors press for 20-year statute of limitations in Oregon

When:   Tuesday, May 26, 10:30 a.m.

Where:  Sentinel Hotel, Card Room, 614 S.W. Eleventh Avenue, Portland, OR 97205

What:    Press conference re: House Bill 2317 and Oregon’s Statute of Limitations (SoL) for First Degree Rape, Sodomy, and Unlawful Penetration

On Wednesday, May 27, 8:30 AM, the State Senate Judiciary Committee will hear public testimony on House Bill 2317 [2] in Hearing Room 343 at the State Capitol in Salem.  House Bill 2317 was amended from the original language of a 20-year SoL to 12 years, at the demand of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Floyd Prozanski, who threatened to refuse to hear the bill when it arrived in his Committee.  Oregon currently has one of the shortest SoLs in the United State for first degree sex crimes:  only six years.

State Senator Kim Thatcher, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has requested an amendment for a 20-year SoL. Senator Prozanski is blocking attempts to amend the bill.

At the press conference on May 26, three rape survivors will tell their individual stories. The rape survivors and Meg Garvin, J.D., from the National Crime Victims Law Institute will discuss why 20 years is better for Oregon. Speakers also will discuss what current Statute of Limitations law is in other states, and recent trends in other state legislatures concerning SoL law.

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