Ga. Court Overturns Black Teen's Sentence
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By MARK NIESSE, Associated Press Writer
ATLANTA - A black teenager's 10-year prison sentence for having sex with a younger, white schoolmate was thrown out Monday by the Georgia Supreme Court.
The state's highest court ruled 18-year-old Marcus Dixon should have been prosecuted just on the lesser charge of misdemeanor statutory rape rather than aggravated child molestation for having sex with a 15-year-old in February 2003.
Dixon has claimed he was targeted because he is black and had sex with a white girl. His case drew protests from the NAACP.
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