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Sex Abuse Convictions To Be Overturned

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The state attorney general says convictions will be overturned or pending charges will be dropped for about 800 accused child molesters in California. That´s because the U.S. Supreme Court ruled yesterday that statutes of limitations cannot be erased retroactively.

Lawyers say the ruling ifies most pending clergy sex abuse prosecutions in California.

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