Statute Of Limitations

The statutes of limitations, which is the doctrine that set time limit for charging someone with a crime after they commit, is a guarantee that people will be convicted based on the current evidence and sets the norm for officers to deliver justice. It is not fair that someone can sue you based on a story that happened a long time ago. Hence, considering the effectiveness in legal enforcement, fairness for the parties involved and impact on society, I strongly stand against abolishing the statute of limitations on all felonies.
First of all, prosecutors should be concerned with current crimes, not ones that no longer have any relevance to the community because it is a waste of time to focus on a very old crime. Due to the fact that as criminals get older, they become less active and may no longer be a threat to the society. The data from Federal Bureau of Investigation on crime in the US shows that crime rate decreases when the age of criminals get older. Moreover, new criminals appear every single day. They come up with some new tricks or strategies. Thus, police officers and prosecutors should focus on current crimes in order to provide best safety to the society.
As time passes by, documents or scientific evidence will decay, memories can be influenced by a new environment, and electronic information can malfunction or break. Therefore, the
Considering the fact that prosecutors are usually elected, they have to run a campaign to gain popularity from voters. They may dig up a very old case for ruining an opponent’s political career. Furthermore, the statues will ensure that the prosecutors will do their job concisely and determinately. If we abolish the statues, they will have unlimited of time to collect the evidence. They might not see the value of the time and might not have any motivation, which will lead to a pile of unsolved