State argues: No freedom [for imprisoned punk]

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 06/12/07 | Jeremy Redmon

[Mr. Lucky]

You are arware, aren’t you, that the Georgia Attorney General is black?

[sgtbono2002]

You ask a question in this post

Who did he rape? Source?

Then you want me to answer it before I even read the post.

You’re still not answering the question: you say. Let me answer it for you .

He was charged with rape: It says so right here in this story. The other kids made a plea agreement and no trial. He went to trial and beat the case. Now if he wasnt guilty the others probably werent either so why should thay have that rape on their records. If they turn this fellow loose they should go back and clean up everyones record.If the others WERE guilty he probably was too and just got lucky. So technically you are correct, he beat the case—not guilty. That makes you happy fine. My source is this story .

I am sure you consider this kid a fine upstanding youth and wish he were dating your daughter,but for me, I say we will hear from this kid again. Only time will tell. I hope your Goody two shoes opinion comes true and I am wrong.

[Search4Truth]

The Bailiff could have just whacked the boy on his penis and called it a day.

[an amused spectator]

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.

[Sparta Police Chief Andrew] Milanowski ruled out Peterson as a possible stalker of the attractive local hairdresser, but still felt that a law might have been broken.

"We came back and we looked up the laws and we figured if we found one and thought, 'Well, let's run it by the prosecutor's office and see what they want to do,'" Milanowski said.

Those busy little beavers in your state capital have been involved in a non-stop, day-and-night race with the United States Tax Code to see who can generate the most pages of "stuff that might be useful if somebody doesn't have the proper respect for the system".

Also known as The Wild and Free Pigs of the Okefenokee Swamp.

:-)

[an amused spectator]

I am surprised that on a board as conservative as Free Republic, so many people are so quick to throw down the Racist label for someone that simply advocates following the law.

We learned back in 1998-1999 that "the law" is a very subjective thing.

For example, did you know that you can perjure yourself in front of a federal judge and not serve any jail time (ESPECIALLY if you're a Democrat president)...?

I've had a difficult time with snickering when someone brings up "following the law" ever since.

And then there's that whole "Undocumented Americans" thingee, too. I've had a difficult time finding out what the legal penalties for that are, but I must confess that I have little Internet research experience or aptitude with which to illuminate the facts of the matter.

Or not - I always forget which one it is...

[skr]

A drunk 15-year-old is not competent enough to consent to sex or to the videotaping of it. I do not understand why anyone thinks this creep should get of jail. This wasn’t some “first love” stupid mistake; this was degrading, irresponsible, abusive behavior by a young man who knew better. It’s way past time to expect decency from teenagers.

[darkangel82]

Mary Winkler deserves death no matter what, but she won’t get it.

[MEGoody]

The AG has broad prosecutorial discretion, which he no doubt exercises on a daily basis.

Yes, based on whether or not he believes he has a case with sufficient evidence, not on whether or not he likes the law he is supposed to be enforcing. AG's do not have free reign to just ignore laws they don't like.

[gondramB]

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. <<