Over the weekend there was an article in the Sun Times that had a headline stating police in Chicago are being investigated for possible improper sexual conduct with immigrants. There are allegations that multiple police officers are having sexual acts with teenage immigrants. One officer is accused of impregnating a teenage girl.

I respect the police, but this favorable headline treatment is ridiculous. These cops are being accused of rape and sexual assault. That’s what it is. If the teens are under 18 it’s statutory rape. If not, do you really believe that these fresh to the country teens are

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The statute or limitations is extended for cases involving childhood sex abuse and molestation cases. Most personal injury cases (sex abuse falls into this category if you’re talking about a lawsuit – a criminal case is separate) have a deadline of about two years. This means that you have two years in most Illinois injury cases to file your lawsuit against any potential defendants.

For childhood sex abuse, Illinois law gives you a larger window to consider what you want to do. The statute of limitations is at least 20 years in most cases. This is the law as of
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