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LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS (February 6, 2024) – Arkansas State Senator David Wallace (R-19th Dist.) today announced a new legal opportunity for survivors of childhood sexual abuse in Arkansas to seek civil justice and accountability against their perpetrators – a second two-year revival window beginning February 1, 2024 during which claims can be brought. The Justice for Vulnerable Victims of Sexual Abuse Act, sponsored by Sen. Wallace and State Representative Jimmy Gazaway (R- 57th Dist.), and first signed into law in 2021, provides a "lookback window" in recognition of the fact that the psychological damage done by childhood sexual abuse often makes it difficult for victims to come forward about their abuse until well into adulthood. In the United States, more than half of child sexual abuse victims first report their abuse after age 50.

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