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Massachusetts set to remove DNA time limit for rape prosecutions

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By Karen Anderson Verified
| WCVB-TV (Boston, MA) Verified
For years, survivors of sexual assault returned to the State House with the same message: DNA evidence should not expire.Now, after years of failed legislative efforts and persistent advocacy, Massachusetts is poised to eliminate the 15-year statute of limitations for rape cases when DNA evidence identifies a suspect.The change is included in the state budget that lawmakers have sent to Gov. Maura Healey to sign.
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Massachusetts lawmakers move to close long-criticized age of consent loophole

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By Karen Anderson Verified
| WCVB-TV (Boston, MA) Verified
After more than a decade of pleas from survivors of sexual abuse, Massachusetts lawmakers are poised to close a legal loophole that allowed predators to escape prosecution for preying on young people across the state. An amendment included in this year's state budget would make it a crime for any mandated reporter - including teachers, coaches, police officers and social workers - to have sex with a 16- or 17-year-old.
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Legislature closes age of consent loophole in budget

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By Karen Anderson Verified, Kevin Rothstein Verified
| WCVB-TV (Boston, MA) Verified
State lawmakers are poised to close a loophole that has allowed teachers to groom and sexually abuse students who have reached the age of consent - 16 years old - and escape criminal prosecution.Advocates as well as state Sen. Joan Lovely, D-Salem, herself a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, have been trying for 10 years to close the age of consent loophole.
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