'No rhyme or reason'.  There can be a statute of limitations, or not. NSW has no limit for murder but 'other offenses involving death are six months from the end of the coronial inquest, or two years after the offense'. No limitation for rape. Pourquoi?

There is no price on justice - justice in a court system must be free for all equally - nor is there any statute of limitations for some crimes.

There is a need to rebuild the Imperial Corps of Soul-less Assassins - for dispensing good and justice ... one thing all civilised countries lack is the application of certain of the old punishments - dunking, weekend in the stocks (not at Bernie's stock market), exile ... you know the good old ones.... and for the Ninja punishment of genuine and serious malfeasants who think they got away with it...

Ah, so - one fine Japanese novel - The Nightingale Floor - was about a nasty lord who murdered someone's father .. and slept in a room with a floor around it carefully designed so that the bamboo made sounds when walked upon .. the nightingale floor .. and woke him and his guards .... the son of the murdered man dedicated his life to working out how to quietly cross the nightingale floor so as to exact justice... not vengeance .. justice.

Dai ichi fine difference!  Hai!!

There ya go, poppets - The Nightingale Floor and Blossoms In The Wind all in one night!  Nipponese culture at its very best and relevant to today's West for the thoughtful... you are welcome.....