Criminal
May 28, 2016
Senate Bill 813 will promote justice for rape victims
Eliminating the statute of limitations for rape victims will ensure that prosecutions will be based on proof, corroboration and evidence — not timing. By Chris Honigsberg
Civil and Family Law Courthouse
Christopher M. Honigsberg
Assistant Presiding Judge
Sonoma County Superior Court
University of San Francisco School of Law, 2005
It is no secret that sexual assault is pervasive in our society. According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, one in five women will be raped at some point in her life. Sadly, this statistic does not even include all the women sexually assaulted in a way other than rape. One in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college. Fewer than 10 percent of sexual assault male and female victims on c...
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