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This is an interesting question. If someone purposely hid out somewhere with no extradition treaty and the whole time was saying, "Nah, nah you can't catch me,"
by drzaiusapelord 12y ago
This is an interesting question. If someone purposely hid out somewhere with no extradition treaty and the whole time was saying, "Nah, nah you can't catch me," to the authorities, should statutes be respected by the courts? I would think not.
- vidarh 12y agoWhile the conventional justification for statutes of limitations is to protect the defendant from late claims - something that I would agree would not make sense here -, in some countries - this certainly applies in Norway, for example - part of the argument for statutes of limitations is to give society a chance at closure by increasing the chance that a perpetrator that has been able to evade justice will be willing to confess in some form or other.