Illinois lawmakers may soon vote to eliminate the state's statute of limitations on child sex abuse crimes.
The move comes in response to the 15-month sentence given last month to former House Speaker Dennis Hastert. Although Hastert admitted molesting teenage boys he coached decades ago, he could only be sentenced for a financial crime related to his efforts to pay one of his victims millions of dollars in hush money to cover up the crime.
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/12/477664609/in-aftermath-of-hastert-case-states-push-to-change-reporting-of-child-sex-abuse
The move comes in response to the 15-month sentence given last month to former House Speaker Dennis Hastert. Although Hastert admitted molesting teenage boys he coached decades ago, he could only be sentenced for a financial crime related to his efforts to pay one of his victims millions of dollars in hush money to cover up the crime.
http://www.npr.org/2016/05/12/477664609/in-aftermath-of-hastert-case-states-push-to-change-reporting-of-child-sex-abuse
