The actual facts of Genarlow's case include a rejected offer of a plea bargain before he was ever sentenced as well as a continued rejection of a plea bargain in order to get a reduced sentence now. The Georgia AG explained it in a tiny little article tucked away in today's paper. The thing is that this punk and his dumbass mama, along with all the "civil rights" crowd, figure that every kid does a videotaped orgy on New Year's Eve, so why single out one guy just because one of his party partners was only 15 years old? Naturally, the AJC editorialists and "news" writers share this viewpoint.
So you think that a 17 year old having consensual sex with a 15 year old should be a felony? And that a 10 year prison sentence is appropriate? Nobody’s saying that what he did was classy or particularly admirable, but ten years?
Also I’m having trouble following your argument. In what way is Mr. Wilson a punk? I thought he was an honor student and a star football player with zero criminal record. I don’t approve of his actions, but I just don’t see how anybody is better off with him in prison — whether for one day or for ten years. Also, what do you mean by the Civil Rights Crowd? Is that a euphemism for black people?
The lawyer representing the kid who was imprisoned for oral sex is named BJ? Oh, the irony! :0)
Any Georgia lawyers lurking about?
So if you don’t think you committed a crime, why plead guilty.
I have no doubt the other 4 were threatened with plead guilty to the lesser charge or we will take it to trial. They took their chance with the plea bargain.
If there was a video of this party, I would think that would be the proof the rape occurred. I don’t understand why he was acquitted of the charge.
Is my memory correct that the 15 year old is caucasian and Wilson is black? If so, I’m surprised that the usual suspects (Jesse and Al) aren’t screaming for release,too.
Mary Winkler guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the March 2006 killing of her minister husband, Matthew. Judge gives her only 60 days in mental hospital............................
Mary Winkler gets 60 days in mental hospital..
That's the crime that got Genarlow a 10 year sentence. This uppity negro attempted to exercise his constitutional right to a trial instead of taking whatever punishment the state unilaterally offered him! The district attorney himself said, verbatim, that Genarlow "decided to become a martyr" when he rejected the plea bargain.
Update
>>Teen sex case sentence goes to high court
From Times Wire Reports
June 15, 2007
The state Supreme Court agreed to hear the state’s arguments for keeping in prison a man who had consensual sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 17.
Atty. Gen. Thurbert E. Baker has been criticized for appealing a state judge’s decision to void Genarlow Wilson’s 10-year sentence but said in Atlanta that he had no choice under the law. The Superior Court judge had no authority to reduce or modify the trial court’s sentence, he said.
Wilson, now 21, has served more than 28 months in prison. A jury convicted him in 2005 of aggravated child molestation for having oral sex with the girl at a 2003 party. Although the sex was consensual, it was illegal under Georgia law. <<