ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of a young man who has been imprisoned for more than two years for having consensual oral sex with another teenager.
The court ruled 4-3 that Genarlow Wilson's 10-year sentence was cruel and unusual punishment.
Wilson, 21, was convicted of aggravated child molestation following a 2003 New Year's Eve party at a Douglas County hotel room where he was videotaped having oral sex with a 15-year-old girl. He was 17 at the time.
Wilson was acquitted of raping another 17-year-old girl at the party.
The 1995 law Wilson violated was changed in 2006 to make oral sex between teens close in age a misdemeanor, similar to the law regarding teen sexual intercourse. But the state Supreme Court later upheld a lower court's ruling which said that the 2006 law could not be applied retroactively.
Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears wrote in the majority opinion that the changes in the law "represent a seismic shift in the legislature's view of the gravity of oral sex between two willing teenage participants." More here:
How damn stupid is that? If the Klown were on his jury, he would not have had to worry -- I'd have rotted in the deliberation room before I'd convict a guy in these circumstances.
What the hell is wrong with people that they don't know right from wrong? ... when they let some asshat in a black robe tell them "you have to find according to the law ... ?" ... well -- the law says you can find him not guilty if he's having a trail by jury -- jeez -- seriously -- DUMBASSES!!!!.
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