Court orders child assault case retrials

SEEKING JUSTICE: The Constitutional Court remanded the 11 cases as amendments passed in July changed the start of the statute of limitations to when the victim turns 20 By Yang Hsin-hui and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source The Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that the old Criminal Code provisions governing the statute of limitations for child sexual assault prosecution were unconstitutional and remanded the cases involving 11 victims for retrial.However, the ruling does not cover other pending cases in which the statute of limitations had already expired under the old law, meaning “only the 11 petitioners will receive legal redress.”The Legislative Yuan on July 7 passed amendments to Article 80 of the Criminal Code, changing the statute of limit