jdsooner
10/26/2007, 01:37 PM
I think that Georgia courts finally did the right thing.
Ga high court: Release Genarlow Wilson Fri Oct 26, 9:51 AM ET
Georgia's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release a young man who was imprisoned 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 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.
Wilson was 17 at the time.
He was also charged with raping another 17-year-old girl at the party but he was acquitted by a jury.
Ga high court: Release Genarlow Wilson Fri Oct 26, 9:51 AM ET
Georgia's Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release a young man who was imprisoned 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 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.
Wilson was 17 at the time.
He was also charged with raping another 17-year-old girl at the party but he was acquitted by a jury.