"rape is legal as long as you can silence the person you rape long enough"
It's not that rape is legal, it's that the accusation can no longer be objectively investigated in a court of law.
Is the statue of limitations argument.
I see both sides of it myself. While the idea of people getting away with crimes is henious, the idea of someone going to prison for stealing a loaf of bread 45 years ago is absurd.
you are comparing stealing a loaf of bread to rape ---