Genarlow Wilson

Genarlow Wilson

Genarlow Wilson got handed a 10-year sentence for consensual teen sex. However, a Georgia judge later voided the 10-year sentence and said that it was too harsh for the crime. Genarlow Wilson was found guilty of having oral sex with a 15... [more]

Genarlow Wilson got handed a 10-year sentence for consensual teen sex. However, a Georgia judge later voided the 10-year sentence and said that it was too harsh for the crime. Genarlow Wilson was found guilty of having oral sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 17 years old.

 
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Written by aidanki on
This is a horror story if ever there was one. A woman named Wendy Whitaker , now 29, has been on Georgia's sex offender list for more than 12 years. No she didn't go on a cross-country sex and drugs spree with underagers - not even close. When Whitaker was seventeen, she gave a blowjob to a dude who was on the cusp of his 16th birthday. They were both sophomores at the time. The decision to place Whitaker on a sex offender list for this 'crime' was ridiculous. She is suing, claiming that she has endured cruel and unusual punishment. This is an ... Read Full Story
Written by HickTownPress on
By Lynn Green Back in July I blogged about the outlandish, unbelievable case of Genarlow Wilson, a black teenaged male who had consensual oral sex with a young lady two years his junior. [In July, I was still learning how to work this blog so forgive the fonts in that article!] There are some SICK MINDS out there who hate black men and boys and who want Genarlow to spend the next ten years of his life in jail, as though he is nothing but a dirty rag whose life is worth no more than that of a rodent. Those diseased minds claim that ... Read Full Story
Written by activist4life on
Genarlow Wilson, 21 years old, who was released from prison this weekend after the Georgia Supreme Court decision’s to let him free. Wilson will be given a first live primetime interview since his release with CNN’s Out in the Open Rick Sanchez today at 8 PM EST. Read Full Story
Written by Tony on
Genarlow Wilson, 21, was recently ordered released by a Georgia judge but remains incarcerated pending an appeal. Georgia Department of Corrections NPR reported on Genarlow Wilson's story Read Full Story
Written by chuckgallagher on
Every CHOICE has a consequence! Just ask Genarlow Wilson. Freed on October 26, 2007 after spending more than two years in Georgia State prison for a teen sex conviction, Genarlow became a "lighting rod" for Choices, Change and Consequences on many fronts. According to CNN, "Wilson was an honor student, a football star and his high school's homecoming king before his conviction. At the time of Wilson's conviction, Georgia law made the crime punishable by 10 years in prison. Changes in the law made such conduct "punishable by no more than a year in prison and no sex offender registration," the Georgia high court ... Read Full Story
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