Originally Posted by
Dubai Stu
SOL doesn't run in most places once a person is indicted. In Wisconsin, prosecutors started indicted John Doe DNA samples to stop the statute of limitations in rape cases (and other crimes where they had genetic material and more than ordinary interest in the suspect).
We've now clarified this is a warrant for a probation violation, not a warrant for arrest for committing a crime.
Anyway, if had just been the underlying crime then the guy was known and identified and I think the warrant would be invalid once the SoL had run.