This goes out to the Georgia attorney general. I don’t normally get caught too caught up in mainstream news but some things really just bug me.
Not sure who out there has been following the Genarlow Wilson case but for those of you who have you know that a kid is sitting in prison for little reason other than an antiquated law and an extremely overzealous prosecution. For those of you don’t know what I am talking about here is a link to the recent story on CNN about the case.
Basically it comes down to two teens having consensual sex and one of them being placed in jail for 10 years and labeled as a sex offender. Never mind that this would probably have gone nowhere had Genarlow been white but the law that he was prosecuted under has been replaced.
Yesterday a judge basically freed Genarlow based on the absurdities of the case and punishment. The attorney general then took it upon himself to further detain him based on knit picking legalities. Motivations for doing this escape me. That is why I stick by statement in the title, what an ass.
UPDATED: Looks like others had pretty much the same sentiment to make about Thurbert Baker (the AG for Georgia). Check out other reactions here, here and here.
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June 11th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
How can the general public direct its outrage to the Georgia Attorney General? How can a black man in power exercise such abuse over a promising brother who made a stupid but common mistake as a teenager? He’s ruining that young man’s life as well as the reputation of the state he represents. May he be voted out of office in the next election, or better yet, impeach the SOB.
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