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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But a judge dismissed the criminal case a few months later, because the statute of limitations had expired.
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But appeals, deals and the expiry of the statute of limitations whittled the number in jail down to fewer than 10.
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By then, the three-year statute of limitations may have expired.
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In some cases, however, prosecutors may have thought about the five-year statute of limitations problem and done something about it.
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In the overall case, the four-year statute of limitations on alleged fraud, theft and financial elder abuse expires in February.
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Persson said he was prepared to review the question of the statute of limitations on war crimes and acts of genocide.
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They imposed a new, six-month statute of limitations , which few people, fired, without a job, could meet.