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    Default Statute of Limitations on Soliciting for Child Pornography

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: Tennessee / Washington, D.C.

    When I was young I did not realize that what was going on was a form of abuse or manipulation. I was 12 at the time and lived in TN when I came across my predator who resided in Washington DC
    The relationship continued for 2 years, he was aged 20-22. I was 12-14.
    He had convinced me to do lude sexual acts on skype and psychologically abused me to the point that I was worthless, and I am convinced that he used the pictures of me to trade somewhere on the deep web.

    Fastforward to 2015, I curiously google his name bbecause I was thinking about the trauma he has done to me.
    I see that he is in prison and the FBI had been searching for him for making several underage girls perform lude acts over skype and collected their child pornography.
    Right now this man is currently in prison, but since the things that happened to me took place in 2006, is it too late for me to step forward as another victim ?
    The charges he got caught on are cases from 2011-2013, and I would hope that if I stepped forward from 2006, they would do more investigation to see that this man serially manipulated prepubecent girls for the purpose of producing pornography and humiliation.

    or am i SOL on the SOL ?

    I'm just wondering if im still within the statue of limitations for this to be relevant.
    I still have old e-mail correspondence with him from the time.

    I am mentally traumatized and plagued by what was done to me, and the least I can do is to make sure that he's locked up for much longer than what they already have him for. They caught him messing with two girls, but I know it's been much much more seeing as there is a 5 year gap between my abuse and the ones hes gotten caught for.

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    Default Re: Statute of Limitations on Soliciting for Child Pornography

    For most federal sex offenses involving children there is no statute of limitation and charges may be brought at any time. 18 U.S.C. § 3299. For the few offenses not covered by that provision, the federal statute of limitation for prosecution for sexual or physical abuse of a child or kidnapping of a child, the statute of limitation is the longer of (1) the life of the child victim or (2) ten years. 18 U.S.C. § 3283. So the government very likely still may bring charges here. However, you need not worry about what SOL applies or what can be done at this point. That’s for the FBI and Department of Justice to figure out. All you need to do is report the crime and provide whatever evidence you have for it to your nearest FBI office and they can take it from there. The hardest part for you may come if they charge him and he elects to take the case to trial. In that event, you may be required to testify against him.

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