No. Genarlow Wilson will soon be free. From the New York Times, Georgia Supreme Court Frees Man in Sex Case;
The Georgia Supreme Court today ended the 10-year prison sentence of a man who was convicted in 2003 of having consensual oral sex with another teenager. The court said the harsh sentence violated the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment.A generation of illiterate and pathological ideologues have polluted America's body of law with legislation so poorly crafted that every American no matter how innocent can be charged, tried, and convicted of one morals charge or another with impunity by prosecutors so devoid of ethical fortitude that justice seems more like a drive by government assassination attempt than a fair and impartial process.
In a 4-to-3 ruling, the court’s majority said the sentence was “grossly disproportionate” to the crime, which the justices said “did not rise to the level of culpability of adults who prey on children.”
The inmate, Genarlow Wilson, who is now 21, was 17 when he was caught on videotape having oral sex with a 15-year-old girl at a drug- and alcohol-fueled New Year’s Eve party in 2003. He was released this afternoon.
Mr. Wilson was convicted of aggravated child molestation for the act, a charge which carried a mandatory minimum prison term so harsh it shocked his jury and prompted an international outcry from critics who charged that prosecutors had been overzealous and racially motivated. The law, critics said, was meant to keep child molesters behind bars, not to curb teenage sexual activity.
This court's conclusion and accurate assessment of this boy's punishment is a glimmer of hope in a republic waste deep in corruption, scandal, and political filth. When justice is served so infrequently and in such meager helpings one can be sure that prayers are not being answered. It is time for Americans to demand and expect more of the lawmakers and the courts.
