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High Court Frees Wilson

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court ordered Genarlow Wilson released from prison today after ruling that his 10-year prison sentence for having consensual oral sex with a fellow teenager is cruel and unusual punishment.

The 21-year-old Wilson has served more than two years in prison.

The state’s highest court reached the decision after a split 4-to-3 vote.

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The state Supreme Court had turned down Wilson’s appeal of his conviction and sentence, but the justices agreed to hear the state’s appeal of a Monroe County judge’s decision to reduce Wilson’s sentence to 12 months and free him. The Monroe County judge had called the 10-year sentence a “grave miscarriage of justice.” (more…)

Based on the Monroe County judge’s comment, I say a lawsuit is in order

October 26, 2007 - Posted by Duane | Uncategorized | | 2 Comments

2 Comments »

  1. I hope he files a suit & collects damages. Hopefully if he wins, he’ll put the money towards schooling.

    Comment by JerseyBred | October 26, 2007

  2. Am you Negroes KNuttz!!

    given the levels of STDz in Atlanta;

    teenaged pregnancies, unwed mothers;

    high school dropouts, baby-mamas;

    baby-daddies;

    yall are happy to have this punk-Negroe-dogg

    out of jail; why? so he can mouth-fornicate

    another one of your daughters, live and on camera?

    another dregg of Negroe society made into a martyr

    `

    Comment by NSangoma | October 27, 2007

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