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- econoar, on 10/12/2007, -6/+381I'll speak for all of us in saying that this story is beyond fu**ed up and something should be done about getting him out immediatly.
- anarchyinthekr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+250this is one of the saddest examples of a justice system i have ever heard of...like the article says, there is no one who believes he deserves this sentence and i can't even express my anger that anyone, nevermind such a promising kid, is serving 10 years for this
- laserick, on 10/12/2007, -14/+158This is the second digg story I've read today about blowjobs. It's also the second digg story I've read today.
- patw85, on 10/12/2007, -2/+106Sign the petition to the Georgia General Assembly:
"I register my outrage and object to the wrongful conviction of Genarlow Wilson for Aggravated Child Molestation for a consensual sexual act with another teen. A ten year prison sentence is wrong. He should not have to register as a sexual offender."
Free Genarlow Wilson.
http://www.wilsonappeal.com/petition.php - scott983, on 10/12/2007, -1/+85Eddie Barker was the prosecutor and has the power to reduce his sentance or set aside the conviction. Call him, write him, fax him, and let him know what you think.
http://pview.findlaw.com/cmd/profileview?wld_id=1941751_1&channel=&print=1
Eddie Barker
Firm: Douglas County District Attorney Off.
Address: Douglas County Cthse
Room 205
6754 Broad St
Douglasville, GA 30134-1711
Phone: (770) 920-7292
Fax: (770) 920-7123 - hesserjw, on 10/12/2007, -14/+88Diggers Unite,
I dont often post on the site, just more of a digger and by-stander however, reading this article on ESPN absolutely makes my blood boil. This is not fair and is complete bull-*****.
Apparently prejudice/racism in the south is still real, however in the north, this ***** will not be tolerated. Please help digg this to the front page, I'm looking into getting a petition going to send to the Georgia legislature, and also trying to DIGG up that ***** prosecutor's email address. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+74TheCount, how can you possibly say you agree he should be let out, then turn around and say that *****?
Yeah, of course you'd be tempted to kick any guy's ass who had sex with your little sister. But keep in mind, she gave HIM oral sex. It's not like he put a gun to her head. SHE is the one that was smoking weed, drinking liquor, and handing out BJs. Where does personal responibility come in here? Also keep in mind, it's only a 2 year difference.. the same as if your sis was 17 and the guy was 19, or if your sis was 48 and the guy was 50. Not a very big deal, is it? There's NOTHING wrong with it. It's natural for people to become sexually active any time after puberty. The problem here is that a bunch of old farts with ultra high 1940's era morals deem it "disgusting" and "wrong", simply because of the number 15.
You have every right to be protective of a sister.. but by saying that, you're no better than the people that put him in prison. - PimpinOnWelfare, on 10/12/2007, -44/+106I at least hope the head was good ...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+70voteforblank
"First off.. I'm WHITE and from New England... But I can tell you first hand that in Atlanta or Georgia for that matter the Black man is always second class there. The South is the South no matter how you look at it.
You won't find a Black man who is a manager over Whitey
You won't find a Black man who makes decisions over Whitey
and for Hells sake you won't find a Black man who doesn't know that the South is the South.
We haven't gone no where in 200 years down South."
___________________________________________________________
I'm in atlanta, and I am Whitey. Of the 40 some odd employees here, I am one of 2 whitey. Most of the supervisors here are not whitey, some are. Atlanta is 89% Black, so I'm pretty much the minority here.
The mayor of atlanta is a black female and I'm pretty sure that wouldn't have happened 200 years ago. - Quake120, on 10/12/2007, -0/+60The Governor and/or the President of the USA have the power to pardon him (Not 100% sure on the governor, but the pres can pardon anybody). Instead of trying to convince the completely heartless lawmakers to let him free, we could always try to get a pardon of some kind, although that is unlikely.
A promising student who would likely be a very good part of society who had CONSENSUAL sex should NOT be in jail for 10 years. By the time he gets out, he will have deep resentment for all of society who have been free while he's been locked up.
The legal system in this country is seriously ***** up. I always thought judges INTERPRET the law and provide punishments that fit the crime.
10 years does NOT fit this crime!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+51Dude your country is F***ED UP!!
I'm just going to stay up here and chill the the rational polar bears. - emomakesmecry, on 10/12/2007, -1/+38did anyone else notice the name of his attorney?
"B.J. Bernstein" - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+37District Attorney David McDade
District Attorney's Office, Main Floor, Courthouse
8700 Hospital Drive
Douglasville, Georgia 30134
Phone: 770.920.7292
Fax: (770) 920-7123
Couldn't find E-mail. :( - Egotrippin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+35Worst is this kid was a football prospect for alot of colleges, and was highly recruited. He had all these great opportunities to to college and be successful taken away from him because of this *****. Imagine all the things he could of done for his family, the things he could of done for himself. ***** ridiculous.
- PersonX2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+36Haven't you heard?
- BamaStangGuy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+34This is so messed up. I don't see how the DA can sleep at night knowing he ruined a life.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+38@TheCount: Good thing you didn't find out.
- econoar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+31Unfortunatly he probably thinks that he did God's will
- scatfly, on 10/12/2007, -6/+35"Apparently prejudice/racism in the south is still real, however in the north, this ***** will not be tolerated."
Haha, "will not be tolerated", i am just as upset as you are, but this is just a little over the top on your part. Not everyone in the south is tolerating this so-called prejudice/racism. Oh, your northern politicians will not do *****. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28Following the format for other officials at the county, it MAY be
dmcdade@co.douglas.ga.us
Edit*** Success! - geekee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28Why hasn't the girl been charged? She was having sex with a minor also. Double standard.
- kavery, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23No. Basically, he could have humped and impregnated her and perhaps not spent any jail time.
Blowjobs, however, ten years - standard.
Makes perfect sense if you're one of the six people on the face of the planet who hates getting head. - nixonrichard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22The law (as in most states) says that if there is less than a three year age difference, the OLDER one is guilty. Also, if this had been vaginal sex, it would have been a misdemeanor (up to $5000, up to 1 year). Because it was oral or anal sex, it's a felony with a mandatory sentence of 10 years. That's like a maximum sentence of 1 year for murder, but a mandatory sentence of 10 years for assault.
- borninda818, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21This story has ruined the rest of my day. Somehow when I read a story about ten children being killed in a bombing, or even a school shooting, it does not bug me as much as this.
- scrag10, on 10/12/2007, -7/+28complete BS get that kid outta there and give him 20 millions dollars. ***** that sucks.
- sebnukem, on 10/12/2007, -6/+27What is it in America where getting a BJ is punishable with quasi death penalty, life sentence or impeachment? What's wrong with you people? Are you governed by Christian fundamentalists?
- mistarojaz, on 10/12/2007, -5/+25cant someone like pardon him for this? i mean i dont know for sure, but for some reason I thought that governors had the power to pardon people.
Im sure president Bush could pardon this dude. Maybe we should all write letters to him and convince him that this will probably really boost his approval rating.
Edit: i guess i should have read lower - GoBack2Europe, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23I remember this story.
***** UP! ***** the DA, ***** the prosecutor, ***** the legislature, ***** the racist Supreme Court judges and ***** all backwards minded ignorant people.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!
If I had a good set of stones I'd commit a real crime to get him out of there, if ya know what I mean.
I'm pissed off now. - method3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20I just found this to be the most idiotic thing in the whole article:
'Barker is quick to point out that he offered Wilson a plea after he'd been found guilty -- the first time he has ever done that. Of course, the plea was the same five years he'd offered before the trial -- not taking into account the rape acquittal. Barker thinks five years is fair for receiving oral sex from a schoolmate. None of the other defendants insisted on a jury trial. Wilson did. He rolled the dice, and he lost. The others, he says, "took their medicine."'
I thought the jury trial is a chance to prove you're innocent? If that's the case, what the hell does "dice" have to do with justice? That just proves then that the whole American justice system is basically close enough to random chance that it might as well be just tossing some dice. What an endearing opinion to have for a prosecutor serving ***** as justice. - stepnet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20@theCount:
Seriously, I know how you feel - it's natural to feel protective of a sister. I certainly feel that way about mine. But I've never felt like protecting her from her free will. Her choices are hers, I will give advice, then support what she chooses to do.
But by all reports in the article (including that of the girl) this was a voluntary act. She was there of her own will, it was her choice. He forced nothing, in fact it doesn't sound like he even had any idea how old she was. She didn't even want him punished.
This is a tragic miscarriage of justice. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20This is absolute *****. I'm ashamed that this is my home state in which this is happening. I need to move out of here, ASAP if this sort of ***** still goes on here.
- scott983, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18and I think the email is ebarker@co.douglas.ga.us ... but I think phone calls and faxes will do more good than email
fax from faxzero.com for free (until they call the number and block it) - corejava2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19i usually don't comment either, but this is BEYOND F'ed up and something needs to be done. If we can help a guy get a replacement for his TV from Best Buy we can surely do something about this.
- phmfthacim, on 10/12/2007, -2/+20"took their medicine?!"
is he kidding?! he actually said that *****!?! if someone went up to that dude and put a ***** bullet in his head, would I be sad? not one single bit.
white georgia politicians do what they want and ruin lives, and young black boys need to "take their medicine?" ***** that! - tehbishop, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18FTA:
"At the same time this trial was under way, a local high school teacher, a white female, was found guilty of having a sexual relationship with a student -- a true case of child molestation. The teacher received 90 days. Wilson received 3,650 days."
Nice. Who knew the South was so backwards ... /sarcasm - nixonrichard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17I guess the real question is do we still need statutory rape laws. If the sex is consensual, should it always be legal? As the Devil's advocate I would say it wasn't "consensual" sex because she wasn't old enough to be able to consent.
Regardless, I think everyone agrees that a mandatory 10 years for statutory rape is too much. If she had turned him down he could have run her over with his car, backed up, run her over again and gotten less than 10 years. - benijuana, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15you probably never got a bj as a minor... or even more probably haven't yet
"oh foolfromhell, i wanna suck your *****..."
"im sorry baby, because of state law, you can't suck my ***** for another 3 years... we can have sex though, i'd only have to do community service" - signal15, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Well, since the lawmakers can't get head from a 15 year old, they had to pass a law that said no one can. Perverts.
- GaffleSnipe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Makes me want to throw up. I agree with b612, Digg needs to sticky this, and if they don't we should keep covering this story on digg.
It's sad that this is probably only one story, when there are most likely hundreds of people like this with similar situations. Let's DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! - musicmantrs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Yeah, if Bush pardoned him in 5 minutes you would have an article "Bush Pardons Rapist, Whats Next!" Kind of like today when there was an article that he wanted to cut oil consumption by 20%(?) and the comments jumped all over him.
- bucketgirl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Also, if anyone would like to see his record, you can search here:
http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/OffenderQuery/jsp/OffQryForm.jsp
I think I'm going to write to Wilson. The ABC article says that he likes mystery novels. I think he'd like to know that there are people out there on his side, that when he gets out we'll welcome him.
According to the records his address should be:
AL BURRUSS CORRECTIONAL TRAINING CENTER
POST OFFICE BOX 5849
FORSYTH, GA 31029 TEL.: (478) 994-7511
FAX : (478) 994-7561
Probably have to put his inmate ID on the outside of the envelope somewhere: GDC ID: 0001187055 - nixonrichard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11This is the big problem with mandatory sentences . . . they are totally inflexible; however, many people argue they are necessary to PREVENT racism. By that I mean white people getting off with a slap on the wrist while black people go to prison. Often statutory rape is rape regardless of the situation, but not all rape is equal.
The lesson here really should be:
1) KNOW the law in whatever state/country you are in. Don't break it unless you REALLY, REALLY need to bust a nut and you trust the girl and her parents.
2) Write you local state representative whenever these strict mandatory sentencing laws come around. Don't believe the ***** lawmakers use when they say "this will only be used to deal with the worst scum in society" . . . it will be used against ANYONE, even good, nice, honest people. - Egotrippin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12GET this story to the front page!
- w0rd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Maybe because their death's were instant and they didn't have to suffer for years. Maybe knowing that there is someone suffering with every moment that passes spurns us to be moved by this more than other stories that have brutal but brief outcomes. It's an interesting thing to think about.
- Bkaufman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10This is messed up. I've never been so pissed off about anything i've read on Digg.
- shi11, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Email the Governor of Georgia. Demand a Pardon!
http://www.gov.state.ga.us/contact_dom.shtml - nreynolds, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10@ Egotrippin
If it's a federal responsibility, why would the governor make the call?
But it IS based on a state law. So shouldn't the governor make the call? - ohcoaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh he's black, this all makes sense now. Too bad he's a black footballer instead of a white lacrosse player.
- econoar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9http://espn-ak.starwave.com/i/eticket/20070124/photos/genarlow_etick_skirm.jpg
There is the pic that is on ESPN.com right now as their main feature story. Just for the people that miss it, as ESPN rotates their stories a lot. - BamaStangGuy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I'd love for Digg to step up here. If the Digg community wants we can keep it in the news.
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