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The case of Genarlow Wilson

By Neil Shous, Esq.

The case of Genarlow Wilson is provides yet another reason that the general public should never blindly trust the government. This is true regardless of how strongly state legislators emphasize that their main goal is to protect their constituents from injustice and cruelty, including those constituents who happen to be accused of committing a crime. Genarlow Wilson was convicted by a Georgia jury of aggravated child molestation for the crime of receiving oral sex from a consenting 15-year-old at a New Year?s Eve party. For this action, he received a mandatory state prison sentence of ten years, of which he served two. One of the ironies here is that, according to the applicable laws in Georgia at the time, if he had had sexual intercourse with the consenting 15 year old, he?d be facing only a misdemeanor...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on November 19, 2007 (boomark / email).