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die Verjährung (-en)
   statute of limitations; limitation; lapse of time

Für solche Verbrechen gibt es keine Verjährung.
For those kinds of crimes there is no statute of limitations.
Die Bundesbildungsministerin hat jetzt eine Verlängerung der Verjährungsfristen bei Missbrauchsfällen vorgeschlagen.
The [German] Education Minister has now called for an extension of the statute of limitations for cases of abuse.

Related:
verjähren (law) to go past the statute of limitations; come/fall
  under the statute of limitations; lapse, be in lapse
die Verjährungsfrist statute of limitations, limitation period
die Verjährung des Anspruchs limitation of claim, expiration/lapse of claim (rights)
die Hemmung der Verjährung suspension of the statute of limitations

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