I'm liking where this is going:
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/...
Democratic nominee for Texas governor Wendy Davis Wednesday said the state should eliminate the statute of limitations for prosecution of rape and sexual battery offenses.
“The majority of rapists are serial offenders,” Davis said at the Frank Crowley Criminal Courts building in Dallas. “My proposal today, and the bills I’ve already passed, are meant to bring an end to serial rape, and to prosecute and jail rapists so they cannot rape again.”
Generally, the statute of limitations for rape in Texas is 10 years, but there is no statute of limitations for sexual assault against a child or in cases where DNA is tested and there is no match in the criminal system.
Davis, a state senator from Fort Worth, has been crusading for rape victims since she’s been in public office. In recent weeks, she’s toured the state touting bills she pushed in the Texas Legislature that led to rape kits being tested so victims could receive justice. - Dallas Morning News, 8/20/14
Here's a little more info:
http://blog.chron.com/...
Rolling out the proposal at a news conference in Dallas, Davis framed it as an extension of her work in the Legislature on behalf of sexual assault victims, the central theme of a statewide tour she launched after releasing her first TV ad for the general election. The commercial, which went on the air about a week and a half ago, accuses Abbott of “siding with a corporation over a rape victim” as a state Supreme Court justice, a claim his campaign has dismissed as “despicable” and used to highlight his own efforts to address the issue.
“While the bills I authored are helping to address the backlog of rape kits, the fact that we would throw survivors’ trauma and courage on a shelf for months or years without a second thought is offensive to them and to everything we say we stand for,” Davis told reporters Wednesday, according to her campaign. “But then to turn around and make survivors pay the price for our failure and neglect by denying them justice is almost criminal in itself.”
In most cases, current law in Texas says someone can’t be prosecuted for a sexual assault that happened more than 10 years ago. In announcing the proposal, the Davis campaign cited a number of cases in which men confessed to or identified as assaulting women, but didn’t face prosecution because the statute of limitations ran out. - Houston Chronicle, 8/20/14
Of course Greg Abbott (R. TX) has tried to shoot back at Davis:
http://keranews.org/...
Abbott’s campaign says he was following the law.
An Abbott spokesperson responded to Davis’ announcement by saying he also supports eliminating the statute of limitations for prosecuting sex assault crimes.
“Not only does Greg Abbott support any proposal to eliminate the statute of limitations for sexual assault, this is an extension of his record of putting over 4,500 sex offenders in jail and advocating for the death penalty for rapists, as well as proposals he has previously announced during the campaign to address the rape kit backlog to provide expedited justice for victims of these heinous crimes,” Abbott Deputy Communications Director Amelia Chasse said in a statement. - KERA News, 8/20/14
Davis is starting to surge but I know there are those who are still doubtful. I don't think it's safe to write off this race and I think we should all keep our heads in the game on this one. Click here to donate and get involved with Davis' campaign:
http://www.wendydavistexas.com/