NightlyPoe said:
I heard that too. But apparently there is. This letter was released yesterday and comes straight from the authorities in Maryland in which they say they're available to investigate the matter should it ever be reported to them. They being the proper authorities under which this was a crime, not the FBI. They state that attempted rape was a misdemeanor at the time and only had a single year before the statute of limitations passed. Here is the relevant portion: To date, there have been no criminal reports filed with the Montgomery County Department of Police that would lead to the initiation of any criminal investigation related to Judge Kavanaugh. Furthermore, the law at the time the offense occured is the law that must be applied to any charges that might be brought. For example, in 1982, assault and attempted rape were both misdemeanors and subject to a one-year statue of limitations. |
That is true, mostly because of the specific charge that would apply in this case.
(from https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/09/maryland-statute-limitations/571507/)
"Although Maryland is one of few states without a statute of limitations on felony charges of rape and attempted rape, the incident Blasey Ford described—a crime of attempted rape between two minors (a 17-year-old boy or 15-year-old girl)—would have been a misdemeanor in 1982, though it’s a felony now. Crimes prosecuted years later are still punished according to the laws of the time: You can’t be charged for a felony without knowing you’re committing one.
Ford’s allegations could, however, lead to other felony charges that have no statutes of limitations in Maryland, including assault with the intent to rape, according to Thiru Vignarajah, Maryland’s former deputy attorney general."
