EMERGENT CHAOS-KIDS IMPRISONED
ANOTHER TEEN LIFE DESTROYED
17 YEAR OLD GETS 10 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR CONSENSUAL SEX WITH 15 YEAR OLD GIRLFRIEND. THE CHARGE IS CHILD MOLESTATION. AFTER LEAVING PRISON HE WILL BE REGISTERED AS A SEX OFFENDER. HIS PHOTO WILL BE POSTED ONLINE AND FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE HE WILL BE KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC AS A CHILD MOLESTER. ANOTHER YOUNG MAN'S LIFE IS OVER BEFORE IT EVER EVEN BEGINS.
Genarlow Wilson
Ga. Supreme Court rejects teen's appeal in sex case
Associated Press
ATLANTA - 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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Watch a great video from a radio show about Genarlow's case here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=SYL-nQCdbyE
CASES LIKE THIS SERVE AS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF WHY THEIR NEEDS TO BE A SEPERATION OF POWERS BETWEEN THE JUDICIARY AND THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES OF GOVERNMENT. THIS IS THE RESULT OF THOSE "CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED BOUNDARIES" BEING COMPROMISED AND IT IS A MESS!
REGISTERING THIS YOUNG MAN AS A SEX OFFENDER AND CHILD MOLESTER FOR LIFE IS LIKE TRYING TO PUT A SQUARE PEG INTO A ROUND HOLE. IT SIMPLY DOES NOT FIT!
