What is Digg?109 Comments
- Pluckie, on 11/01/2007, -3/+71it's about ***** time
- thelastcivilian, on 11/01/2007, -1/+56This is welcome news. When they change a law because of YOUR case, but don't even apply it retroactively to YOU... that was *****.
- trer, on 11/01/2007, -3/+39Still 2 years of his life that he'll never get back. The time between age 19 until age 21 is such a dynamic period of a young person's life, and he had to spend it in prison. That is sad and he should be compensated for all the lost opportunity (he could have had several academic and athletic scholarships).
- ckilby, on 11/01/2007, -2/+35Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker is a prick
- DRINKxREDxBULL, on 11/01/2007, -2/+22"Wilson's plight drew pleas for his release, including from former President Carter, an ex-Georgia governor, and even some of the jurors who convicted him."
People need to start learning about jury nullification. This ***** has got to stop. Juries are supposed to be the final check on government.
John Adams said of jurors: "It is not only his right but also his duty… to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment, and conscience, though in direct opposition to the direction of the court."
- hokie47, on 11/01/2007, -2/+213 out of the 7 judges still wanted to keep him locked up. ***** them
- Popdmb, on 11/01/2007, -6/+23I'm normally not a person that advocates lawsuits, but in Wilson's case, go ahead and bankrupt Georgia. Glad he's out and hope his life is put back together.
- dlm85, on 11/01/2007, -3/+20This is great news.
Did anyone else notice wording of the 4th paragraph? Was it intentional?
Wilson's attorney, B.J. Bernstein, told CNN she is working to gain his quick release, which could come "some time today." - patrickloggins, on 10/27/2007, -0/+13Metro Atlanta/Forsyth County isn't highly segregated. It's pretty damn integrated.
...and I think I speak for all people from the south when I say that it's rude to call us crazy. Yeah, there's still rednecks, but not where I live. - bullhead2007, on 11/01/2007, -1/+12I caught that too. Looks like the person who wrote or edited the article is a cunning linguist.
- CyberSally, on 11/01/2007, -2/+13Took them long enough.
- wicketr, on 11/01/2007, -2/+12Free at last! Free at last!
- centran, on 10/27/2007, -5/+14I hate to pull the race card but I think it might be because he is black and the girl he "molested"(***** courts) was white.
- arusso, on 11/01/2007, -2/+11I'm glad this kid finally got set free, it was indeed cruel and unusual punishment...
- Shorties, on 11/01/2007, -1/+7I was just floored by her name, what an perfect name for this case.
- gregms, on 11/01/2007, -1/+6They may have done jury nullification but none of the jurors had any idea when they found it guilty, he would be sent to 10 years in prison. It was clear cut he violated the law, the only problem was the law he violated was worse than if he would have had intercourse. Several jurors felt really bad once they found out the penalty.
- inactive, on 10/26/2007, -2/+7americans are so prude about sex....the whole world is laughing at us...
- onedoubles, on 10/27/2007, -2/+7Check out this e-mail chain from Rep Dan Lakly - shocking:
Yes! A corrupt court overturned a legal and binding sentence on a 4 to 3 vote! I would hardly call that vindication. You are a sad example of a so called caring individual! Holding various political offices for 16 years is more than you have accomplished in your twisted and probably demented life!
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 3:16 PM
Subject: RE: Genarlow Wilson Freed by Ga. Supreme Ct
Mr. Lakly,
Thankfully there are people of reason in our government. You sadly are not one of them, and I look forward to the day that you are booted out of office and looked down on with complete scorn. This is vindication of the fact that you are an out of touch 'dinosaur' that would be better served working as a janitor in a mental hospital as opposed to working in the halls of government.
Regards, - inactive, on 10/27/2007, -3/+7Yes, it really is sick. The whole purpose was to destroy him. This is commonplace, especially in the south.
- SolarCoupons, on 10/26/2007, -2/+6Anybody pick up on his lawyers name "BJ", thats ironic.
- mikey2dope, on 10/26/2007, -1/+4You're a damn idiot. He was 17 when he had sex with a 15 year old, which is LEGAL and something MANY teens under 18 do. He's underage himself so stop acting like this is an issue that only affects the black community.
- centran, on 10/26/2007, -1/+4The judge said he should not be put on the sex offender list.
I think as of now he is and will continue to be. That will be another fight all together. One I am not sure he will be able to win. - lickwid, on 11/01/2007, -12/+15Crazy southerners and their crazy laws...glad he finally got out. B.J. Bernstein is seriously a Saint. She's been on this case helping him since pretty much the beginning. Huge props to her. And the crazy thing, she's White in a hugely segregated area in the South.
- picaman, on 10/26/2007, -1/+4I don't know if that's true, because I'm not about to click through to find out.
But you, sir, win the award for Most Offensive Post of October. - saifatlast, on 10/29/2007, -1/+3>>the Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker is a complete ass, but that doesn't give you the right to make ignorant racist comments.
No, it's the first amendment that does that. - Otto, on 11/01/2007, -2/+4The whole point of juries is to rule on right and wrong, not on the law itself. Any idiot capable of reading the law and understanding the facts can determine whether or not the law was broken. The *entire point* of a jury is to determine if the law is correct in this particular case and according to the moral and ethical standard of the community. If they determined that the law was unjust in this case, they should have found him not guilty, regardless of the wording of the law.
- ZenMojo, on 10/26/2007, -0/+2I'm always warmed and comforted by laws securing black boys the right to get head from white girls. This is America!
- krets, on 11/01/2007, -3/+5Did anyone read the comments? Un-*****-believable. There are quite a few people in there who think that the punishment was completely fair.
- BowZzer, on 10/27/2007, -3/+5Anyone think its just a coincidence that Wilson's attorney's name in BJ?
- HotWingBias, on 10/26/2007, -2/+4I can't believe anyone would want to keep him locked up. It was CONSENSUAL! When I was 15 I did all sorts of consensual things with my 17 year old boyfriend.
How about we save all this "locking up" for the sick sacks of ***** who don't ask for consent? - logosx1, on 11/01/2007, -0/+2Courts and prosecutors actively mislead jurors by telling them they must apply the law to a given set of facts, which is a bald-faced lie, and defense attorneys are prohibited from mentioning it. Jury nullification is a powerful tool that frightens the government, and it was a legitimate way to avoid this silly series of events.
- davester, on 10/26/2007, -2/+4Stupid law: how can you be convicted if a) consentual and b) both under 18?
You can't stop kids from f-cking. You just have to teach them to how to be responsible! - Rikushix, on 10/26/2007, -2/+3FINALLY!
- mikey2dope, on 10/26/2007, -1/+2Like I said earlier, he WAS underage when he had sex with that girl. Genarlow is more of a man that half the men who post here with stupid comments. He stood for his beliefs and decided not to take a plea deal which would make him a registered sex offender because it means he would have been unable to live in the same house as his younger sister. If he laid down he would have been free, but marked. He should be compensated for the STATE'S ignorance.
- GGzah, on 10/26/2007, -0/+1Actually, he didn't. He got a blow job from a 15 year old (which was consensual) and had sex with a 17 year old (which she claimed was rape, but a jury disagreed)
The 10 years in prison was just for the BJ because some wording in the law had considered oral sex with a minor to be an aggravated sexual assault. If he had instead had consensual sexual intercourse with the 15 year old, it would only have been a misdemeanors (up to 12 months in jail.. or something like that).
Regardless, he is not a hero, just someone who was unfairly punished. While we shouldn't necessarily revel in his actions, we should at least now recognize that he was wronged in all this. - Machuse, on 10/27/2007, -0/+1I dont know why people dugg you down. Georgia is so twisted, im down here for college and hear crazy storys about the rules every day.
Example: I kid from my college's car was stolen (black) - it was recovered; but mistakenly put in the impound. When the police finally figured out where his car was, they still stuck him with the storage fees. - sideshowRAHEEM, on 10/26/2007, -4/+5Come on SpeakerCity if anybody knows about sex crimes it's O'Reilly he paid his settled out of court with that sexually harassment case a few years back I would say that makes him an expert on the subject.
- lhughey, on 10/26/2007, -2/+3Its sad when an A student and good athlete gets his life ruined by the egos of others. I've been watching this case for a while now with a very heavy heart. I'm very glad that he was released. This was a truly shameful case.
- Balberty9, on 11/01/2007, -2/+3Did anyone else read the comments at the end of the article.....ppl saying he was guilty and should serve his time.... what a bunch of tools, yea it may be "wrong" in some peoples eyes to have underage or even out of wedlock relations but jesus, 10 years for something like that when murders and rapists get less time. all i have to say to virtually everyone on that comment list is F@#$ Y@#$%.....wait till that ***** happens to your son or you, then we'll see who's the A!@#hole
- onedoubles, on 10/27/2007, -0/+1Here's an e-mail chain from Rep Dan Lakly - he was adamant about keeping Genarlow in prison, and this is actually a tame response from him:
Dan Lakly [dlakly@mindspring.com]
Yes! A corrupt court overturned a legal and binding sentence on a 4 to 3 vote! I would hardly call that vindication. You are a sad example of a so called caring individual! Holding various political offices for 16 years is more than you have accomplished in your twisted and probably demented life!
-----Original Message-----
From: [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 3:16 PM
To:
Cc:
Subject: RE: Genarlow Wilson Freed by Ga. Supreme Ct
Mr. Lakly,
Thankfully there are people of reason in our government. You sadly are not one of them, and I look forward to the day that you are booted out of office and looked down on with complete scorn. This is vindication of the fact that you are an out of touch 'dinosaur' that would be better served working as a janitor in a mental hospital as opposed to working in the halls of government.
Regards, - Agrajag, on 10/26/2007, -1/+2The first two words of the article are "Atlanta, Georgia". It's in the "US" section of CNN's website. How, then, is the article misrepresenting anything?
- Frei, on 10/27/2007, -2/+3No is called mandatory minimums and draconian drug laws.
- HonestAbe, on 11/01/2007, -0/+1Welcome to America
- Ub3rg33k, on 10/26/2007, -1/+2Some of that has to do with the fact that the CNN photo has its aspect ratio a little wacked. Its a cropped down screengrab from a 4:3 formatted signal that's been stretched to 16:9. However, I'm sure scared for life still applies.
- SnuKs, on 10/26/2007, -2/+3I didn't know rednecks knew how to use the internet...
Who in the right mind thought that punishment was fair! - skyfire1, on 10/26/2007, -1/+2It's spyware.
- manicallday, on 10/26/2007, -0/+1I know that if I lost an academic scholarship to Vanderbilt I would be a bitter *****.
- manicallday, on 10/26/2007, -2/+3I would like to give a big ***** you to Sharpton, Jackson and everyone who supported the Jena 6. With you this man's release could have happen a lot sooner, but you were too busy defending ***** thugs instead. So ***** you.
- A2TrueBlue, on 11/01/2007, -1/+2Which was not the case. The jury found him guilty, because he was, it was only after they had sent the verdict back that they found out what the sentencing guidelines for that crime were. It was then that some of the jurors became angry because they were never told what the possible sentence was.
-
Show 51 - 100 of 103 discussions
The Digg Toolbar for Firefox lets you Digg, submit content, and keep track of Digg even when you're not on the Digg site. Download the official 
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is