Excessive punishment for sex act?

Honeykiss1974 · #1 03-07-2006, 06:10 PM

What do you think? Is the punishment excessive?

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Outrage After Teen Gets 10 Years for Oral Sex With Girl
Georgia Reconsiders Law That Imprisoned High School Senior

Feb. 7, 2006 — A wild New Year's Eve two years ago has landed a Georgia teen in prison for 10 years on charges of child molestation in a case that has state legislators reworking the strict law that put him behind bars.

Genarlow Wilson and a group of friends had the kind of bash no parent would want their teenager to attend. Crime scene investigators combing the room in a Days Inn in the small town of Douglasville, Ga., found evidence of drinking, as well as condoms and wrappers littered all over. Plus, there was a video camera.

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OhioCentaur · #2 03-07-2006, 06:15 PM

Extremely excessive...

smlwonderdst · #3 03-07-2006, 06:25 PM

WOW ... extremely excessive. In my opinion there was no crime committed. They all need their tails kicked for that party, but the parents could have easily done that.

SKEEphistAKAte · #4 03-07-2006, 07:01 PM

The "victim" must've been white.

#5 03-07-2006, 07:30 PM

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Originally posted by SKEEphistAKAte
The "victim" must've been white.

yep

ZetaStorm · #6 03-07-2006, 10:05 PM

Why did I know the victim was white? Excessive is an understatement. So I guess the so-called 'victim' doesn't bear any responsibility in this? If you don't use your head and put yourself in the wrong type of situations it doesn't make sense for you to be hollering foul or rather rape.

soulfulremix · #7 03-07-2006, 10:16 PM

"Racism is still alive... they just be (doing a POOR job at) concealing it..." ~ Kanye

Toujours_Jolie · #8 03-07-2006, 10:55 PM

This is deja vu. Someone needs to teach young black men that getting sexually involved with white women/girls can be dangerous.

AKA_blackbarbie · #9 03-07-2006, 11:04 PM

That is a crying out shame. I hope he gets aquitted, but in the mean time I hope parents use that case as an example. Especially to teach our young brothers what could easily happen when you deal with (

) the victim

honeychile · #10 03-07-2006, 11:17 PM

Please forgive me for crashing, and also for not being completely able to put myself in your (collective) shoes.

IMHO, with the current age of children having sex at an average of 12 years old, the age of consent has to be changed. The video clearly seems to show that there's no lack of consent, just that the law - as it stands - was broken.

This young man has everything going for him - except that he had sex with a girl (of whatever color) who was underage. This is also a travesty.

Instead of letting Genarlow Wilson get an education and get into the work force, he will be getting a criminal education, so that he can end up in jail or on probation for the rest of his life. This is using the law for the worst of excuses if ever I've seen it.

teena · #11 03-08-2006, 12:04 AM

I am absolutely certain that something exactly like this happened about 2(?) years ago in Georgia(?).

Young 18 male athelete had consensual sex with a white 16 year old. He had college prospects and all. I believe that guy got like 10 years.

No one cares it is sex with two blacks or even if the male was white. This racism is so blatant, you can smell it.

AWFUL

AKA_blackbarbie · #12 03-08-2006, 04:02 PM

Teena, i do believe you are right. I remember that case now, also in Georgia the same circumstances. I was upset than and even more mad now that it has happen again.

Eclipse · #13 03-08-2006, 05:12 PM

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Originally posted by teena
I am absolutely certain that something exactly like this happened about 2(?) years ago in Georgia(?).

Young 18 male athelete had consensual sex with a white 16 year old. He had college prospects and all. I believe that guy got like 10 years.

No one cares it is sex with two blacks or even if the male was white. This racism is so blatant, you can smell it.

AWFUL

This may or may not be racism, I don't know. Do we know that the 15 year old in this case was indeed white or are we speculating? I did not see that anywhere. Oh...just saw that MsSweetness said she was white. Was that information in the article?

Anyway, the legistator that sponsored this bill orginally is a black man, so I don't think the genesis of the law was racist.

teena · #14 03-08-2006, 05:35 PM

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Originally posted by Eclipse
This may or may not be racism, I don't know. Do we know that the 15 year old in this case was indeed white or are we speculating? I did not see that anywhere. Oh...just saw that MsSweetness said she was white. Was that information in the article?

Anyway, the legistator that sponsored this bill orginally is a black man, so I don't think the genesis of the law was racist.

I dont know if the 15 year old is white.

The genesis may not have been racist, but the interpretation of the law can go anyway the interpretor wants it to go.

ladygreek · #15 03-08-2006, 05:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by teena
I am absolutely certain that something exactly like this happened about 2(?) years ago in Georgia(?).

Young 18 male athelete had consensual sex with a white 16 year old. He had college prospects and all. I believe that guy got like 10 years.

I may be thinking about another case, but I think after a petition drive that young man was pardoned.

ETA: I see that his charge was reduced to statuatory rape upon appeal, and his sentenced reduced to the time already served--15 months.