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- xniL, on 10/11/2007, -2/+857Yet Paris is out of jail in just a few days for endangering lives on the road.
The system works. - coolian, on 10/11/2007, -6/+401How sad.
This kid is still in jail for a ***** law that was repealed! I wonder how the ***** those prosecutors/jurors sleep at night knowing that they willingly destroyed this guy's life. - keyboardcowboy, on 10/11/2007, -7/+301anyone else find it ironic that his lawyers name is BJ?
"Wilson’s attorney, B.J. Bernstein," - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+177More jurors should be aware of Jury Nullification.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification - RoroCo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+102Watch the video from the article. Apparently most the people that were responsible for the sentence are the ones fighting for this kid's freedom now. Althought they all knew it was wrong to send this kid to jail for 10 years, they also knew that the law was specific in regards to what they can do. It is sad when prevailing logic gives way to the letter of the law.
I would like to know who brought this case up to the courts? Was it someone in specific or did the tape make its way to the wrong hands? - Spuy767, on 10/11/2007, -3/+102Well, if it was my daughter, I'd have taught her not to suck dick in front of a camera. :-(
- Emilio8605, on 10/11/2007, -16/+103/goes into hiding...
- Elranzer, on 10/11/2007, -11/+98They aren't putting him in prison because the lawmakers in Georgia really believe in this law. They're putting him in prison as punishment for premarital sex. They also want this story to be widely covered. Not to outrage the rest of the country, but to scare the rest of Georgia's teenagers into not having premarital sex. They actually believe in George W Bush's abstinence-only program.
- dclowd9901, on 10/11/2007, -6/+90Let he without sin cast the first stone.
I'm no Bible thumper, but I love this quote, and idea of the hypocricy of prosecuting people on judgments of morality. The kid was 17, and this chick was 15. They are peers for crying out loud! I'd like to know exactly how many of the people who prosecuted him would open up their high school years to scrutiny - break99, on 10/11/2007, -13/+96It's Georgia RUSSIA or Georgia USA.?
It takes A LOT OF GUTS to call that the LAND OF THE FREE. - blondeheroine, on 10/11/2007, -3/+78I saw a bit about this on MSNBC about a month ago and the excuses they used for sentencing this guy were outrageous. Worse yet, some lawmakers still stood by the law. In the broadcast I watched, the lawmaker who had continually denied Genarlow a pardon tried to pull the "Well, if it was your daughter" bit on the investigative reporter. It was infuriating to watch.
- helinism, on 10/11/2007, -2/+75What a waste, he shouldn't be in prison at all let alone for ten years.
- Makubex, on 10/11/2007, -6/+56"Wilson’s attorney, B.J. Bernstein"
Best name for an attorney in a case involving oral sex... EVER! - EBFoxbat, on 10/11/2007, -4/+54"/goes into hiding..."
Oh come on now, no need to pretend. This *is* Digg. - 2k3john, on 10/11/2007, -3/+50Yeah.... If it was my daughter running around on her knees blowing multiple guys at a party in front of a video cam, I think I'd be the one that belongs in jail...
- taerin, on 10/11/2007, -3/+49If the facts presented in this article are accurate and we're not being misled this is a great injustice. 10 years at the very beginning of his adult life for this? People his age go to college, start their career, get married and start a family. Oh yeah, and most of those people probably got a blow job when they were a teenager. The people responsible for his sentence are either hypocrites or still angry they weren't "getting any" at his age. Let's digg this and try to get this kid his life back.
- Suzilla, on 10/11/2007, -0/+43@mcduckov
"Regarding Jury Nullification..."
I was called for jury duty a couple of years ago and when asked if I would apply the law as explained to me by the judge, I asked what the law was. I was told that this would be explained to me when it came time to deliberate. I said that since they were asking me to agree to something about which would know nothing until after I'd agreed, I told them that I could not honestly answer "yes". The judge called the attorneys to the bench for a conference ... and then he excused me. - Eivo, on 10/11/2007, -6/+47I can't remember what it is called, but the jury doesn't have to convict him, even if he is guilty of the crime. There was a marijuana case recently in which the jury believe the law was wrong and didn't convict the defendant. Jury Nullification, that's it! Here it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification
edit: damn, mcduckov beat me to it. - RealmDown, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4010 Years? Geez, it use to just be 20 bucks....
- AlphaEta, on 10/11/2007, -1/+38Apparently the prosecutors of Georgia have a history of trying to lock up young black men for consensual sex:
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1073944821942
Tell everyone you know about this injustice. It needs to stop! - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+37Regarding Jury Nullification...
You'd have to lie during the screening process to get on a jury. A standard question now is whether you'll apply the law as given by the judge. I would never lie so the last time I had to answer this question I answered "not if I don't agree with it". I'm guessing they don't hear that very often because I had to say it three times in three different ways. In any case it is an absolutely surefire way out of jury duty.
Also, according to the wiki article your fellow jurors can rat you out if they suspect you are implementing Jury Nullification. In short, if you plan to use JN you do so at your own risk and you'll probably need to lie/obfuscate along the way. - TheLoneWolf071, on 10/11/2007, -3/+37The fact of the matter is it was consensual. Sure, we have the statutory rapes laws to "protect" kids, but that's whn it's a 10 year old with a 30 year old. I think it's wrong for them to sentence someone to jail time for having consensual sex of any kind with someone within their age bracket(IE High school).
- NSResponder, on 10/11/2007, -1/+34"they also knew that the law was specific in regards to what they can do."
What they Jury didn't know, is that the jury can ALWAYS acquit the defendant, no matter what the evidence is. That's why we have juries: they're supposed to be the ultimate limit on the power of the state against an individual.
-jcr - AriaStar, on 10/11/2007, -4/+30I have a friend, now dead, who was sent to jail for having sex at the age of 16 with his 15yo girlfriend. He was a registered rapist until he died, and convicted despite the girl herself being in court on the stand talking about being in love with him. Her mother was the one pushing for the charges.
I have another friend required to register as a sex-offender for rape. He serves five years. His friend confessed to him that he raped the girl, Pete went to the cops, his friend's RICH parents had an attorney nail it on Pete. The girl went to court saying she's never even met Pete, that the other guy did it. Pete went to jail, his friend got off. Five years later, DNA cleared him of all charges. Yet he's still registered, by name and address, as a rapist.
Paris Hilton disregards the law and admits what she did. Her actions could have resulted in death. She's out after three days.
Notice a theme? The rich get off, the poor ones pay dearly. - waxoff, on 10/11/2007, -16/+41How is this even a crime to begin with? They should put the prosecutor in jail instead. Oh, and 10 to 1 odds the girl was white.
- bovester, on 10/11/2007, -2/+27Wait I don't get it.
"Under Georgia law at the time, this was considered aggravated child molestation, a felony for teens less than three years apart to have oral sex."
So if the teens are MORE than three years apart it is OK? So if I was 17 and she was 13 it would be all good?
That's ***** weird. WTF Georgia? - longhorntd, on 10/11/2007, -1/+25This story is so disheartening. A drunken slut like Paris Hilton gets out of "jail" after 3 days, but a promising young man who might have gone to college on scholarship continues to serve time after several years in the slammer. What is perhaps even more sickening to see is how most Georgia lawmakers and politicians have allowed the injustice to continue. I was shocked to see the Georgia Senate adjourn this past spring before voting on the resolution that could have freed him, even after all the bad press from ESPN.
I've put up some contact info on www.FreeGenarlow.org for those who wouldn't mind trying to make a difference in this somehow. What would be really great is to see UGA/GTech students (or any other potentially powerful groups of people in Georgia for that matter) put some muscle behind this appeal effort. Help this kid get out of prison and get his life back on track. - tremor_tj, on 10/11/2007, -1/+24Everyone will.
- geekee, on 10/11/2007, -2/+25When is she going to be charged for having sex with a minor?
- LucasKane, on 10/11/2007, -5/+28That girl is a ho, she blew another guy right before him!
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+26No, she is a slut. No money was exchanged so she is not a whore.
- buff01, on 10/11/2007, -3/+24This us utterly retarded. Proof that the system is broken.
- Nemphtis, on 10/11/2007, -2/+23You know there's a problem when the girl even admits she was the one who initiated it, yet the guy still gets the blame. It makes me feel sorry for all the countless people who don't get this kind of attention but were also put in prison for false charges or given a much higher sentence than they deserved. I would never be able to sleep at night knowing I destroyed people's lives just because of my personal opinion, rather than true justice.
- idonthack, on 10/11/2007, -1/+20@tenrec
THEN WHY IS HE IN JAIL - WalkerBurgin, on 10/11/2007, -1/+20And there goes everybody's faith in the system... again.
- blondeheroine, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19You can, but you are pretty much ignored when you do. For that matter, when I write my state lawmakers, etc, I usually just receive a dismissive form letter. I've always meant to frame my response from Tanner about how Net Neutrality was actually looking out for my interests by saving me on my cable bill. Actually, I did frame that one. In the trash can.
- z3rgRush, on 10/11/2007, -3/+20America.
- workharderscum, on 10/11/2007, -2/+18FTA:
"...a felony for teens less than three years apart to have oral sex. It carried with it a 10-year sentence, even though it was only a misdemeanor for those same teens to have sexual intercourse"
I think that says it all about the sense these laws make.
In other news, punching someone is now punishable by death by firing squad, while murdering them results in immediate cessation of chocolate rations. - monkeyrun, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17"a felony for teens less than three years apart to have oral sex"
am I the only one who's confused ? - Gerz1219, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17@mcduckov -- The "law is the law" argument is absolute ***** in this case. You can't regulate teenage sexual behavior any more than you can limit the number of ***** a person takes a day, because in both cases you're fighting against biology. Teenagers have performed oral sex on each other since the beginning of time, and they will do so until the end of time, and that's the way it should be. When the majority of citizens are regularly violating a law -- and most high school students have had oral sex -- the problem is the law, not the citizens. This case is more than a mockery of statutory rape law, it's an outrage.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18So consensual acts between two consenting 15 year olds is against the law? Umm, wtf....what the hell is wrong with these people? Mandating their morality? Ten ***** years in prison for a BJ....god damn absurd.
- explnx, on 04/27/2009, -2/+16That.... didn't make sense.
- manicallday, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14She was actually black. This wasn't racial. It had to do with the illogical mandatory sentencing. The senator who introduced the bill even said that he didn't intend for it to apply to teenage sex.
- ben_nushmut, on 10/11/2007, -2/+16I knew this story seemed awfully familiar! Here's the link to the original ESPN story, much more in depth than the MSNBC piece:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=Wilson
Why is this kid still in prison? Clearly our lawmakers' priorities are totally frakked up. - r3z0nate, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14A friend had the same situation happen to him, except he had consensual sex with a 16 year old and her dad found out and wanted to prosecute. The messed up part about that is she was a plain freak. He sat in jail for a year while she continued having sex with older people. He how registers as a sex offered for the rest of his life.
- rocky1138, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14What happened to her? Is she in jail too? Probably not. How fair is that?
- oxdeltaxo, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14@ roroco
The parents perhaps? - Terr01, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14@roroco: "It is sad when prevailing logic gives way to the letter of the law."
I agree, but a lot of a good justice system is having a careful set of rules for when you can bend the rules. - johnn11238, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14So, do all the jurors have to register as sex offenders for watching "kiddie-porn"?
- Typhoon2009, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12And of course Paris is under the terrible house arrest in her giant mansion.
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