Go to jail for 10 years for getting head?

[warpus]

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a teen who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for having sex with a 15-year-old.
In a ruling released Friday, the court denied a motion for reconsideration filed by lawyers for Genarlow Wilson, who was 17 when he and the 15-year-old engaged in consensual oral sex. He was sentenced for aggravated child molestation.
Wilson’s case was one of two cases that were cited earlier this year when lawmakers passed a law that otherwise strengthened penalties for sex offenders, but reduced the penalty from a felony to a misdemeanor for some teenagers convicted of sodomy.
Presiding Justice Carol Hunstein noted that in easing the penalties for teens, ‘‘the Legislature expressly chose not to allow the provisions of the new amendments to affect persons convicted under the previous version of the statute.’’
Hunstein added she was ‘‘very sympathetic to Wilson’s argument regarding the injustice of sentencing this promising young man with good grades and no criminal history to 10 years in prison without parole and a lifetime registration as a sexual offender because he engaged in consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old victim only two years his junior,’’ but said the court was bound the by limits set by the Legislature.

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This is just ridiculous. Sentenced to 10 years in jail for getting head from your girlfriend, who is 2 years younger than you?

Would the girl have gone to jail instead if she were 17 and her boyfriend was 15? I don't think so

Who thinks up ******** laws like these?

 

[GoodEnoughForMe]

17 and 15 + consent= Stupid jailing.

 

[Godwynn]

That's gotta be a bummer. Now it's on his record and he won't allowed to be around children anymore. And when he gets out I bet his girlfriend won't be single.

 

[C~G]

And in that age 10 years without parole is similar to losing your youth...why don't they just cut to the chase and call out the firing squad?

Much easier that way.

My question is that if he would had same kind of incident with other teenage girls in his age group would those sentences count together as life in jail without parole?

 

[Godwynn]

He also has good grades? No wonder we have prison overpopulation.

 

[Masquerouge]

Yep. This is exactly the issue with these kind of laws. They have to set an age under which you're considered a minor, and when people slightly above that age have sex with people slightly under that age (theorically one of the two could be only one day younger than the other) you have a problem.
I thought the court could show leniency and undestanding is such borderline issues.

What's next for the guy, the US Supreme court?

And consensual oral sex can describe both, errrr, how to avoid a warning, acts performed by girls and acts performed by boys?

And finally, how were they caught in the act?

 

[-0blivion-]

Would the girl have gone to jail instead if she were 17 and her boyfriend was 15? I don't think so

Aye, there is a massive double standard here.

Really is tantamount to destroying his life a sentence like that. Losing 10 years is painful at any time, but in the prime of your life its the worst.

 

[JollyRoger]

Georgia? He should have stuck to his cousin or livestock if he wanted to avoid jailtime.

 

[JonnyB]

17 and 15 is a crime punishable by 10 years in prison?

If Georgia is anything like where I grew up, then he's going to have a lot of friends in jail to keep him company.

 

[Godwynn]

Georgia? He should have stuck to his cousin or livestock if he wanted to avoid jailtime.

I'm sorry for laughing at that one.

 

[warpus]

And finally, how were they caught in the act?

I did some more reading and apparently she was caught on tape going down on a couple guys at a party.

Oh, and the lawyer for the 17 year old is named...

wait for it..

...

B.J. Bernstein

 

[skadistic]

Georgia? He should have stuck to his cousin or livestock if he wanted to avoid jailtime.

Don't knock it till you try it!


Not the farmyard stuff thats just sick.

 

[Godwynn]

going down on a couple guys at a party.

We need to hook her up with desperate guys on this forum.

 

[skadistic]

I did some more reading and apparently she was caught on tape going down on a couple guys at a party.

Parties weren't like this when I was a kid.

 

[s.c.dude]

We need to hook her up with desperate guys on this forum.

im 12 so she'll get the felony

Parties weren't like this when I was a kid.

i know their much better now

 

[Godwynn]

im 12 so she'll get the felony

Jesus, 1994?!? I cannot comprehend that. I guess I am getting old.

 

[bathsheba666]

Your society is seriously screwed up.

 

[bigdog5994]

omg i could go to jail for 30 years i used to have a 15 year old GF when i was 17 and yea it went down 3 times

 

[Evil Tyrant]

This is ********. No, actually it is beyond ********, it is so dumb that calling it ******** is an insult to ******** people. This guy is no child molester. The age difference not that great, and both are old enough that I would not consider this strange or creepy behavior for either of them.

 

[skadistic]

Your society is seriously screwed up.

You're just now figuring this out?

Seriously we'll get this BS sorted out in 30 years.