And allow me to celebrate and congratulate you for having overcome and developed a solid, rational mind.
There is, of course, a second purpose to statutes of limitations. Prison, in a just society, is supposed to be a deterrent and rehabilitative, and not punishment or retribution. If someone commits a crime, even a serious crime, and then spends the next 20-30 years living as a good member of society, the liberal concept of justice states that deterrence and rehabilitation are not needed for that individual. Pursuing people for crimes committed in a different part of their lives, when their whole way of looking at the world may have been different, is generally counterproductive for society.
Please DO use that paragraph liberally. It will make punishists' heads explode in a fireball of rage and make Nordic Baby Jesus cry, which are of course very desirable outcomes.
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