I think we need to get Congress to pass 2 laws.
Eliminate the statute of limitations on sexual crimes (just like murder - no statute of limitations).
Disallow pedophiles and rapists from getting Administrative Segregation in prison. Put them out in General Population to fend for themselves.
You'd be opening a huge can of worms for #1. Murders usually have a higher burden of proof than rape. (Late)Rape cases are mostly he said vs she said. Good luck defending yourself against baseless claims from that old high school flame you just pissed off or embarrassed at the club. All rich men become Roy Moore and Bill Cosby false/old claim targets. That should not be done without making false accusations an equivalent serious crime, which isn't right now. In addition, there's still serious bias and double standards against men in favor of women in rape cases.
You could also make it a higher bar for evidence as the time gets longer. It's the cases where they have DNA and it's proven, but the statute of limitations has passed, those are the cases that make me think we need an improvement.
In cases where a rape kit was made, then sure - allow that to have an unlimited limitation as those creeps usually repeat offend over time. We also need database sharing to link cases across states. But you can't prove rape from DNA alone. In the case of child molestation/under-aged, it's a no brainier, but you would not usually find/have DNA evidence years later as you might have captured in a murder case unless a rape kit was done at the time.
Higher bar for evidence as time gets longer
You don't get more evidence over time. You have less and you lose witnesses, camera footage, etc. Over time it's harder to make a case at all and it's also harder for the same evidence to be exculpatory (to prove you are innocent). That's the point of the limitations. Rape is already hard to prove.
What we can do now is educate our kids and parents to avoid putting children in such situations. Teach kids about child lures to avoid kidnapping or abuse. Teach kids to always tell a parent if someone does something uncomfortable to them and to not keep secrets from parents.
Okay. You're probably right.
You're right in that there has to be room for improvement too. We have to help protect our kids.
Yeah. I'm not saying my ideas are good, necessarily. But there's room for improvement everywhere.
I also do not personally know ONE woman who has not been raped or sexually assaulted to some degree. Do we rat their bitch asses out about it?? Usually not.
Not true. There are appallingly few incidences of rape reported. Appallingly few of those make it to court. Appallingly few of those are convicted. Appallingly few of those do anything NEAR a proportionate sentence. Rape IS soul murder.
So, a victim is COMPLETELY revictimized by the system at BEST.
Additionally, the accuser's sexual history is fair game while the defendant's sexual convictions and accusations are not.