1.   Beaird also wants the state to eliminate the three-year statute of limitations for forcible rape and forcible sodomy.

2.   All other serious crimes have declined sharply as well, with the exception of forcible rape, which is down only slightly from last year.

3.   Recently, a state appeals court held that forcible rape of adults carries a three-year statute of limitations.

4.   The crime index combines numbers from homicides, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft.

5.   The proposal applies only to people who have been convicted of violent sex crimes, such as forcible rape or sodomy.

6.   The proposal applies only to people convicted of one of a list of serious sex crimes, including forcible rape or sodomy.

7.   Violent crimes include murder, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

8.   Other studies suggest a third or more of all childhood sexual abuse, including forcible rape, may be forgotten years later.

9.   The number of forcible rapes increased from the first time in eight years.

10.   Robbery and aggravated assault both decreased five percent, and forcible rape dipped one percent.