US | Democrats introduce 'Virginia's law' named for Epstein accuser to end shield for sex traffickers

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https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260210-democrats-introduce-virginia-law-named-epstein-accuser-end-shield-sex-traffickers

Victims of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and Congressional Democrats introduced a new bill on Tuesday which would eliminate the statute of limitations for adult victims and would broaden victims’ legal recourse.

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forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

…who died by suicide last year.

Fuck I hate bullshit like this. I don’t believe for a second it was suicide, especially since she specifically stated that she feared that she would be murdered and it would be covered up by making it look like suicide.

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- pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  “Got suicided” is the precise phrase
  
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  - forrgott@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Yeah, my brain was struggling with that one for some reason 😝
    
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BarrelsBallot@lemmygrad.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Expanding law that never and will never apply to the perpetrators, inconsequential.

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