yeah, there shouldn t be. i have been a proponent of this for many, many years. having been a prosecutor, again, who has tried rape cases, in many states, unfortunately, there s a statute of limitations for rape cases. these are felony rape crimes. there is no reason why there should be a statute of limitations. we have about 20 states, though, let me be clear, that there are no statutes of limitation for rape cases but that s just simply not enough. bottom line is with all the dna matches and the advances we ve made with dna, a match could be made many years later, sometimes after the statute has passed, and also, it takes women a very long time to be able to be emotionally ready to try these cases, to sit and face their attackers, so there is no good reason that we don t have that we have statute of limitations in our states. it s just it s incomprehensible to me. it s incomprehensible to me, too. it s an unbelievable story. i m glad randi kaye brought is to our viewers. than
i have been a proponent of this for many, many years. having been a prosecutor, again, who has tried rape cases, in many states, unfortunately, there s a statute of limitations for rape cases. these are felony rape crimes. there is no reason why there should be a statute of limitations. we have about 20 states, though, let me be clear, that there are no statutes of limitation for rape cases but that s just simply not enough. bottom line is with all the dna matches and the advances we ve made with dna, a match could be made many years later, sometimes after the statute has passed, and also, it takes women a very long time to be able to be emotionally ready to try these cases, to sit and face their attackers, so there is no good reason that we don t have that we have statute of limitations in our states. it s just it s incomprehensible to me. it s incomprehensible to me, too. it s an unbelievable story. i m glad randi kaye brought is to our viewers.
we have about 20 states, though, let me be clear, that there are no statutes of limitation for rape cases but that s just simply not enough. bottom line is with all the dna matches and the advances we ve made with dna, a match could be made many years later, sometimes after the statute has passed, and also, it takes women a very long time to be able to be emotionally ready to try these cases, to sit and face their attackers, so there is no good reason that we don t have that we have statute of limitations in our states. it s just it s incomprehensible to me. it s incomprehensible to me, too. it s an unbelievable story. i m glad randi kaye brought is to our viewers. thanks very much. just ahead, we will update our breaking news. more tornadoes hitting tonight and dangerous wet weather might not be over yet. also ahead, a newborn baby boy found alive inside a sewage pipe. how rescuers got him out safely.
happens. and as randi pointed out, for a lot of women the statute of limitations runs out by the time the rape kit is finally processed and the perpetrator is identified. you say there shouldn t be a statute of limitations for these kinds of sex crimes, don t you? yeah, there shouldn t be. i have been a proponent of this for many, many years. having been a prosecutor, again, who has tried rape cases, in many states, unfortunately, there s a statute of limitations for rape cases. these are felony rape crimes. there is no reason why there should be a statute of limitations. we have about 20 states, though, let me be clear, that there are no statutes of limitation for rape cases but that s just simply not enough. bottom line is with all the dna matches and the advances we ve made with dna, a match could be made many years later, sometimes after the statute has passed, and also, it takes women a very long time to be able to be emotionally ready to try these cases, to sit and face their
martha: story gets weirder by the minute, right? rod wheeler joins me now, former washington, d.c. homicide detective. rod, welcome, good to see you as always. good morning, martha. martha: given everything we put into the introduction which lays out so far what do you think matters what is important in those details, what would you be linking on to? i can tell you exactly, martha, what the police department is doing right now. the investigators, just so you know, they received a very detailed statement from this guy gentz who alleged he washed this guy, bashara, the husband of the decedent, string gel her in the garage. what they re asking him, give us more details, more specifics how she was murdered where she was murdered and some other he willments. what they will do to try to corroborate that with all the other evidence they have. in addition they re trying to get dna matches so they can of course continue to corroborate this guy gentz s