Time lets molesters get away, mom says
Austin, Texas --
Stephanie Burt has been a familiar sight in the halls of the Capitol for the past few months, telling any senator or representative who will listen the story of her 34-year-old son who was repeatedly molested as a child by his church pastor.
Since Burt moved to Austin from East Texas in April to become an amateur lobbyist, she has tried to persuade lawmakers to support eliminating the statute of limitations for charges of indecency with a child. Currently, accusers cannot press charges after their 28th birthday.
'It's like, who are you for, the predator or the child?' Burt said last week. 'At this moment the power is all in the predator's court, and they are using the law to their advantage.'
Read the article at Statesman.com dated March 14, 2005
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Stephanie Burt has been a familiar sight in the halls of the Capitol for the past few months, telling any senator or representative who will listen the story of her 34-year-old son who was repeatedly molested as a child by his church pastor.
Since Burt moved to Austin from East Texas in April to become an amateur lobbyist, she has tried to persuade lawmakers to support eliminating the statute of limitations for charges of indecency with a child. Currently, accusers cannot press charges after their 28th birthday.
'It's like, who are you for, the predator or the child?' Burt said last week. 'At this moment the power is all in the predator's court, and they are using the law to their advantage.'
Read the article at Statesman.com dated March 14, 2005
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