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Section 3282 of Title 18, United States Code
Prosecution for a non-capital offense shall be instituted within five years after the offense was committed. [1]
Conspiracy is a continuing offense. For statutes such as 18 U.S.C. § 371, which require “an overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy“, the statute of limitations begins to run on the date of the last overt act. [1]
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conspiracy – two or more persons operating in tandem, directly or indirectly, to perform an criminal act using lawful means, or a lawful objective using criminal means.
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