Genarlow Wilson Release Video

27th October 2007

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Villager says “To be clear, the brother is no angel. Group sex with a 15-year old isn’t something to be proud about. However, a 10-year jail sentence is cruel and unusual punishment. We knew that all along. ” I would add, nonetheless, the two were basically peers, and a 17 year old should not be criminally responsible, certainly not to the toon of 10 years, for a 15 year olds choosen sexual behavior. This is not the case of an older person preying on a child, or abusing a position of power for sex.

Chief Justice Sears put’s it this way in the majority decision statement:

“Although society has a significant interest in protecting children from premature sexual activity, we must acknowledge that Wilson’s crime does not rise to the level of culpability of adults who prey on children and that, for the law to punish Wilson as it would an adult, with the extraordinarily harsh punishment of ten years in prison without the possibility of probation or parole, appears to be grossly disproportionate to his crime,”

Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears

You can Find CNN Video analyis here: www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/10/26/dornin.genarlow.wilson.free.cnn

Post Release press confrence with Gernalow:
www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/10/26/wilson.freed/index.html?eref=ib_topstories#cnnSTCVideo

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1 On October 29th, 2007, MrsGrapevine said:

Angel or not, good taste or bad, consensual sex between teenagers 15 & 17 is not a rape crime. This is abuse of the system to carry out excessive punishment due to race. The tape proved the act between the two were consensual. Instead of allowing a prosecutor to go after this boy, the parents of the girl should be trying to figure out where they went wrong. I can’t believe anyone would want to punish and blame another teen for the lack of guidance and parenting of another.

2 On October 29th, 2007, D. Yobachi Boswell said:

MrsGrapevine, I totally agree on points. The behavior of the prosecutor is disgusting; and that three of the supreme court justices voted to uphold this crap is disturbing.

3 On October 30th, 2007, MrsGrapevine said:

If that was my daughter I would be the one on trial for putting my foot inn behind. Parents lean on the law to preserve they’re image, but we all know that the girl was not rape. The law has since been changed. Under the new law, it’s now a misdemeanor and the older kid can face up to 12 months, but will not be registered as a sex offender.

Why should the older teen be prosecuted at all. I can understand if the guy is 19 and the girl is 13, 14; so basically a senior can’t date a freshman.

4 On October 30th, 2007, D. Yobachi Boswell said:

I agree again. No one should be charged with a crime when peers choose to engage in sexual activity.

Do you know how many dudes is criminals out here if that’s a crime :0

That’s really some what the fuck type of stuff right there. I mean 15 and 17, come on. I’d be with it if the girl was junior high age or younger, than that’d be another level. Then you’ve got some real age disparity where one person has a greater responsibility than the other.

Also would have been on trial for breaking my foot off in my daughters ass if she was the good time party hoe making pornos in a hotel room.

5 On November 1st, 2007, tressie said:

and that would be why it is so very important for POC, women and historically disenfranchised peoples to consider a career in law. Yes, i know a brother was on the opposite end but I don’t think anyone but this bench at this time would have written this decision. i weep for this young man. can you imagine if you had to pay this dearly for every youthful indiscretion you’d ever made?

6 On November 1st, 2007, D. Yobachi Boswell said:

Very good point Tressie, this decision barely happened as is. That’s why I don’t feel a sense of judicial triumph. It really shows how little they think of our lives that they think nothing of destroying them on such relatively benign offenses. But you’ve got to have slaves for the prison industrial complex to make profit.