The litigation process for the cases involving Jane, Herman and Jed should be relatively …show more content…
Certain crimes have time frames in order to preserve evidence etc. When an individual takes too much time in filing charges the case can become a “dead case”. In other words the case is outside of the “normal” time frame for charges to be filed. The statute of limitations could easily impact the how litigation of the case on hand because if these individuals are not tried/charges in the time frame everything can technically be thrown out. Evidence is a key factor in this cases and therefore, it is highly important that both parties follow the statute of limitations so all evidence is heard. Federal crimes usually have a different statute of limitations than a state level. In the case with Jane, Herman and Jed since the crime the committed was a federal crime the statute of limitation for the crime would approximately be 5