According to the size of the case, the prosecution period of criminal cases is five years, ten years, fifteen years and twenty years respectively. Moreover, after the case occurs, as long as the judicial organ files a case, even if the criminal suspect is not locked, it is not limited by the prosecution period (that is, the judicial organ can file a case forever).
Therefore, in practice, criminal cases rarely exceed the time limit for prosecution.
Lawyer Li Minghua answers criminal cases in Panzhihua.