Update on Genarlow Wilson

[Patroklos]

No, he's not a rapist. The jury said he was not a rapist. He was not found guilty of a rape charge. Where did you get that idea that he was a rapist?

He gang raped a drunk girl without the capacity to consent. Where is this not rape? Normally your excuse that the jury aquited him would fly, but you guys don't seem to care that the same jury that convicted him so...

OH TEH HORROR!

Child porn. Gotta love it.

I bet his mother is proud. Must have been a great day watching her son gang rape a drunk girl (was he 4th or 5th, I can't remember) then molest a minor. Then go out and tell the world what a fine boy he is, deserving of a second chance.

Oh yeah, but he was a fine high school athlete so all is forgotten.

 

[ironduck]

No, she should have turned you in so you could be brought to justice.

She was 17 he was 15.. you want the 15-year-old punished?

 

[killercane]

Georgia? Sex? Reminds me somewhat of Bowers v. Hardwick . Interesting read for all of you not familiar with that classic.

 

[MobBoss]

The Governor could also come in and pardon, so grandfathering is not the only alternative, just the easiest one to turn out in an unexpectedly bad result.

Now this is an excellent point. Exactly where is the Governors office in all of this and why havent they acted on the situation?

 

[Red Door]

Let's say a 80 year old and an 8 year old decide to have conseual sex.

Does your brilliant theory still apply?

No victim.

 

[JollyRoger]

No, she should have turned you in so you could be brought to justice.

Did yiou even read my post? I was the jailbait and she was the one breaking the law.

 

[ParkCungHee]

Did yiou even read my post? I was the jailbait and she was the one breaking the law.

Yes, but you're a guy. So its your fault.

 

[JollyRoger]

Let's say a 80 year old and an 8 year old decide to have conseual sex.

Does your brilliant theory still apply?

That would make it predatory, unlike 17/15.

 

[JollyRoger]

Now this is an excellent point. Exactly where is the Governors office in all of this and why havent they acted on the situation?

Other priorities.

Perdue has recently been touted as a potential Vice-Presidential candidate for the GOP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Perdue

 

[Left]

He gang raped a drunk girl without the capacity to consent.

No he did not. The jury found him innocent of that charge, give us some links of you really think it happened.

This is what really gets me though:

If Wilson had sexual intercourse with a teen he would have fallen under Georgia's "Romeo and Juliet" exception. But under the law in 2003, oral sex for teens still constituted aggravated child molestation and carried a mandatory sentence.

http://www.examiner.com/a-764733~Lawyers_mount_another_challenge_to_free_Genarlow_Wilson.html

The guy who wrote the bill that got him in jail thinks the case is BS too.

 

[Mark1031]

Child porn. Gotta love it.

This reminds me of another case where 2 teenagers exchanged naked pics of each other and were convicted of child porn. So the reasoning there is that they are not responsible enough to consent to have naked pics of themselves taken but they are responsible enough to be criminally liable for taking their own pics. I'd look it up but I don't want to google child porn at work as I don't know what might come up.

 

[Patroklos]

No he did not. The jury found him innocent of that charge, give us some links of you really think it happened.

The jury also found him guilty of child molestation. Which way do you want it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genarlow_Wilson

Rape. Rape. Rape. No way around it. Screwing drunk girls, let along gang banging them, isn't going to end up good. Most guys know this intuitively, you steer clear of the fall down drunk hot chick.

 

[ParkCungHee]

So if he just had sex with her Vaginally, you'd be okay with it?

 

[IglooDame]

Jolly, it was the way the law was at the time of the case. Under that law, the result was not unjust. It didnt become perceived as unjust until the state enacted a new law in regards to the crime.

You continue to perplex me with your seeming attitude that 'law' automatically equals 'justice'. Until 1998 in Georgia, consensual oral sex even between legally married adults ("behind closed doors", if you care, VX250) could get one (or presumably, both) 20 years in prison. By your way of thinking, it would be 'just' until 1998, and then after that such a conviction and penalty would be considered 'unjust' - and of course the prosecutor would be in the right by prosecuting such a crime in (say) 1997.

 

[Patroklos]

So if he just had sex with her Vaginally, you'd be okay with it?

I don't care about his hummer really, I am more concerned that he got away with rape.

And even more concerned that no one cares about that.

And confused someone who would do any of these things would be considered a well rounded, smart, sweet, everyday American teenager?

Did you guys gang bang any drunk chicks in HS?

 

[ParkCungHee]

I don't care about his hummer really, I am more concerned that he got away with rape.

Guilt is not determined by the Ad Nauseum method. This has been dealt with.

 

[IglooDame]

I don't care about his hummer really, I am more concerned that he got away with rape.

And even more concerned that no one cares about that.

And confused someone who would do any of these things would be considered a well rounded, smart, sweet, everyday American teenager?

Did you guys gang bang any drunk chicks in HS?

You realize there's a lot of distance between "felon with a 10-yr jail sentence" and "well rounded, smart, sweet, everyday American teenager" and not being one doesn't automatically throw you in the other category?

 

[Patroklos]

Guilt is not determined by the Ad Nauseum method. This has been dealt with.

It matters quite a bit when posters on this page use the jury's word on the rape as the word of God, yet they claim they are incompetent in the very next sentence over the molestation charge.

And it wasn't dealt with, it was conveniently brushed to the side. I have conveniently put this rancid bit of truth back in people's faces.

You realize there's a lot of distance between "felon with a 10-yr jail sentence" and "well rounded, smart, sweet, everyday American teenager" and not being one doesn't automatically throw you in the other category?

Perhaps you should read an article, the ones that invariably tell us what a great kid he was with his 3.2 GPA and stellar athletic record. Breaks your heart

 

[ParkCungHee]

It matters quite a bit when posters on this page use the jury's word on the rape as the word of God, yet they claim they are incompetent in the very next sentence over the molestation charge.

No ones complained about the Juries ruling. The Jury made the right ruling, the problem was with the way the law was written.

 

[JollyRoger]

Perhaps you should read an article, the ones that invariably tell us what a great kid he was with his 3.2 GPA and stellar athletic record. Breaks your heart

Yep. Those guys get all the chicks. Got to incarcerate them for 10 years to give the rest of us a shot.