Posted on 06/12/2007 1:32:21 PM PDT by madprof98
What if the punk were white? What name would you call me then?
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I would not call you anything, because you would not be posting.
It’s not surprising this punk kid has no respect for the law. He has no “respect,” period. What he does is no surprise. I suppose it should also be no surprise that all the usual suspects—starting with the media and including the media whores who traffic in race—share his mindset.
Although your question was not addressed to me, I feel called upon to tell you that teen-agers always experiment with sex, and that it would be quite abnormal if they didn’t. Since both of the participants involved were under their legal majority, and consent was given on both sides, the people of Georgia should have used some common sense. Even if the boy involved was a ‘punk,’ whatever that means, there was no crime here, except as set forth by the state of Georgia, in it’s sick and pathetic effort to control even the private, consentual activity of it’s citizens.
Not true. The AG has broad prosecutorial discretion, which he no doubt exercises on a daily basis. By no means does he have to prosecute every possible case, nor does he have to exercise every possible appeal. This is simply cruel.
Thank you for spewing some more libertarian crap.
Sob, sob, sob.
Any Georgia lawyers lurking about?
Possibly not, because more than likely the media would not have found a white punk quite as appealing as a victim and centered a front-page-every-day campaign around his so-called plight.
You seem to have drawn up a lot of conclusions about this kid. I've never met him, I don't know anybody who knows him, all I know is that he (1) was an honor student and star athlete (2) did something stupid at a party and (3) after two years in prison has more than paid the price for his stupidity. On what basis do you draw larger conclusions about his lack of "respect" or your supposition that he has a future career ahead of him as a rapist? You seem like a very angry person, whatever it is.
What a jerk.
The facts here (such as the facts tucked into the corner of the paper by our state’s AG) are quite irrelevant. All that matters are good intentions.
I'm sorry, I don't recall you answering my repeated request for your views. Once again: how long should this kid have been sent to prison for?
That's not a matter of opinion. It's a matter of law. It seems to me reasonable to have offered him a plea deal, both at the time of his sentencing and now, at the time of his appeal.
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.
“There is lots of underage sex going on, you are going to need many jails if it is a crime.”
Is there a statute of limitations on underage sex? Will our upcoming 40th wedding anniversary shield me from charges?
In Texas, there is a 2 year age difference clause. So, the consent issue only comes into play when one is under the age of consent AND there is a greater than 2 year age difference. In this case (15 & 17), the issue of consent based on age would not apply. However, Texas also states that an intoxicated person can not consent -- giving them the basis for the date rape cases. If they got her drunk or drugged her, there could not be consent.
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.
But the law came from some place -- do you think the mandatory sentence provided in the law (10 years) was a proper sentence fitting the crime? If you were in the legislature, and you had to chose a sentence, what do you think would have been appropriate for a similar "offense?"
Not on this board-be very careful.
When the going gets tough, the MadProfs get personal.
Out of curiosity MadProf, why have you avoided explaining what you meant when you referred to supporters of the boy as the "Civil Rights Crowd?" Is that a euphemism for "black?"
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