To put this into context, the only federal crimes that have no statute of limitations are capital offenses that warrant the death penalty and certain terrorism, child abduction, and sex offenses.

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Only a smattering of assaults, sex offenses and arsons were reported.

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Plus, research has shown that adolescents commit sex offenses for different reasons than adults, said Elizabeth Letourneau with the Bloomberg School of Public Health's Department of Mental Health, who has written several reports on juvenile sexual offenders.

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