Why is the STATUTE OF LIMITATION set at SEVEN years?

[jorian23]

Why are white people in the court system setting a limitation of seven years for legal law suits against a criminal malpractice suit, yet set DUI arrests at a lifetime record?

[bachir93]

I'll ignore the racist content, just to tell you that there is a complete difference between the statutue of limitations on a lawsuit or even on a criminal act, and the length of time a conviction remains on the record.

ALL convictions remain on your record for life. That's what 'record' means. The time that the courts have to charge you with a crime, or the time in which a victim can sue, are governed by the statute of limitation on that particular act. In some places for some infractions, the statute might only be a year, in other places it might be 7 years, or even 10 years .It usually depends on the severity of the crime. The idea of a statute of limitations is that it is not fair to one accused to defend themselves against charges many years later. Can you defend yourself based on something you are accused of doing 7 years ago? How? I can barely remember where I was living, I certainly can't tell you where I was on the night of Dec 1, 2004, so the law doesn't permit a charge or suit after so long.

All laws, of course, apply to whites as well as everyone else.

[ammi]

WHITE PEOPLE? Excuse me, but if you havent noticed there are black judges, black lawmakers, black attorneys........Why are you centering out white people? Further, these laws are made for all people, black or white, so it affects ALL PEOPLE. I am sick of people centering out white people for just about everything when personally, I have problems all caused by BLACK people, but dont center them all out. But white people are always the first to be called racists. Hmmmm, maybe black people should realize their first words out of their mouth, blame the white people. Maybe THEY are the true racists here.

[jarel]

WHITE PEOPLE? Excuse me, but if you havent noticed there are black judges, black lawmakers, black attorneys........Why are you centering out white people? Further, these laws are made for all people, black or white, so it affects ALL PEOPLE. I am sick of people centering out white people for just about everything when personally, I have problems all caused by BLACK people, but dont center them all out. But white people are always the first to be called racists. Hmmmm, maybe black people should realize their first words out of their mouth, blame the white people. Maybe THEY are the true racists here.

The elected LEGISLATORS enacted the statutes, not the courts. Seven years is a VERY long time in which to decide you're going to sue somebody. It is usually more like two or three years if not less.