Genarlow Wilson In Court Today
Posted by Slobokan @ 11:42 am · 133 words · print
In 2003, 17-year-old Genarlow Wilson had oral sex with a 15-year-old girl.
Today, his lawyers are trying to get his conviction overturned.
Wilson has served more than 27 months in prison. His case has become something of a cause celebre, largely because of the legal loophole that ensnared him.
If Wilson had had sexual intercourse with the 15-year-old he would have fallen under Georgia’s “Romeo and Juliet” exception. But under the law in 2003, oral sex between teens constituted aggravated child molestation and carried a mandatory sentence.
Wilson’s case shows how a law designed to go after child sex predators can have unintended consequences and criminalize consensual sexual activity between teens, said Karen Worthington, director of the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic at Emory Law School.
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Posted by John Jacob Jingle...
June 7, 2007 @ 11:01 am
This case is the very definition of insanity. Even the never-take-a-stand Washington Post is calling for Genarlow Wilson’s release. They write: “The time has come for Georgia to end this national farce.” If there is any good that may come out of this case let’s hope it will be the end of zero tolerance and mandatory minimums.