Statute of limitations
Bill Cosby is unlikely to face rape charges in court, but that wouldn’t be the case in other countries
Allegations against Bill Cosby dating from decades ago have stirred a debate in the US over whether legal statutes of limitations should apply to sexual assault cases. Some countries, like Canada and the UK, don’t have deadlines for prosecuting such cases, which has allowed prosecutors to open high-profile “historic cases” of assault with some success.