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31. Where did you get the idea that there's no statute of limitations for seditious conspiracy?
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 08:07 PM
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Last edited Sat Jul 11, 2026, 10:08 PM - Edit history (1)

Under 18 USC 3282 the statute of limitations for a non-capital offense is five years.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3282
" a) In General.— Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, no person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense, not capital, unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within five years next after such offense shall have been committed."

And Seditious conspiracy is not a capital offense:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2384
"If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years or both. “

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