Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Sharyn Peal lobbied the Legislature in 1997 to change the statute of limitations on rape after she was raped in 1992. Last month a DNA match was found pointing to a California prison inmate as the man responsible for her rape. The man will never be prosecuted in the attack, but she says she has closure because she changed the law.

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DNA test points to suspect in 1992 rape

• By ncs-import
• September 5, 2007