Former Missouri teacher confesses to rape and sexual assault because he thought the statute of limit

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[quote]St. Louis County, Mo (KSDK) - St. Louis County police want potential victims of Donald Ingerson to come forward.

On Tuesday the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged the 67-year-old former teacher with one count of rape and second-degree statutory sodomy.

NewsChannel 5 has learned Ingerson taught at University City High School from 1976 until 1981, teaching biology and coaching football and wrestling. A spokesperson for the district says they did not receive any complaints about him while he was working for the district.

Ingerson also taught science and coached at McCluer High School in the Ferguson-Florissant School District from 1987-2010. A spokesperson for the school district said it received no complaints while Ingerson taught there.

A spokesperson for the Ritenour School District verified Ingerson was an assistant baseball coach at Ritenour High School from June 2001 to September 2005, and then he left voluntarily and returned in February 2011 to be the freshman baseball coach at the school until April 2012.

The Ritenour School District spokesperson says no complaints were filed with the district against Ingerson.

Ingerson may have taught at three or four other school districts in St. Louis County.

St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch said at a press conference Tuesday [b]Ingerson called in June from his home in Minnesota to confess because he thought the statute of limitations on the crimes was up.[/b] He then came to St. Louis on Sunday to talk with investigators. [b]Ingerson found out after he was arrested and charged that the statute of limitations had not run out.[/b]

St. Louis County police identified two potential victims and are asking any other potential victims to call 314-889-2341.

Ingerson is currently being held on a $300,000 cash only bond.

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In fact, Missouri happens to be one of the few states that [url=http://research.lawyers.com/Missouri/Missouri-Statutes-of-Limitations.html/]does not have a statute of limitations for rape.[/url]

[Comfy]

serves him right

[OvB]

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[Andokool12]

"WAIT I TAKE IT BACK I DIDN'T KNOW"

[OvB]

You would think being a teacher, that he would at least know to do a little research on the thing and figure out "hey, maybe this isn't a good idea." He deserves this.

[sir whoopsalot]

Forgive my ignorance but what exactly is the statute of limitations?

[Tuskin]

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;37054408]Forgive my ignorance but what exactly is the statute of limitations?[/QUOTE]

The amount of time you're allowed to be charged for a crime

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_limitations[/url]

[lordcrypto]

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;37054408]Forgive my ignorance but what exactly is the statute of limitations?[/QUOTE]
basically you can't charge for certain crimes x years after it happened

however murder never expires, and some states include rape as well

[Schmaaa]

-snip I'll just be on my way then.-

[Last or First]

[QUOTE=LordCrypto;37054460]basically you can't charge for certain crimes x years after it happened

however murder never expires, and some states include rape as well[/QUOTE]

More states need to include rape in the "statute of limitations never runs out" category.

[Ragamuffin]

ok why would you even risk confessing anyway, just to taunt the police?

[Darkmonkey]

[QUOTE=RagamuffinIIII;37055328]ok why would you even risk confessing anyway, just to taunt the police?[/QUOTE]

Or because they feel bad about it

[Lankist]

[QUOTE=Last or First;37054616]More states need to include rape in the "statute of limitations never runs out" category.[/QUOTE]

The problem with that is it can end up being an ex post facto law.

Say, for instance, someone admitted on record to having committed rape after the statute of limitations had passed, and then you change the law to get rid of the statute. Suddenly that guy can be charged, even though he confessed under the pretense that he couldn't be charged. That sort of precedent has dangerous consequences. It can fuck over witnesses in other crimes or can create a pseudo-double jeopardy / entrapment situation in which someone who couldn't have been charged is now being charged.

You can say "well fuck them, they're rapists," but it's important to keep in mind the rights of rapists are the same as the rights of everyone else. It's a bad idea to start throwing principles out the window because of a few people.