Today the Georgia Supreme Court ordered the release of Genarlow Wilson. Wilson was sentenced to 11 years in prison (with a mandatory 10-year sentence) for receiving, at a time when he was 17, oral sex from a 15-year old girl. The Georgia legislature subsequently changed to 12 months the maximum sentence available in similar cases involving consensual sex acts between teens.
Mr. Wilson’s successful Petition for Writ of Certiorari is here. A copy of the Court’s decision is here. For news reports, see here and here.
Mr. Wilson has been in jail for 21 months.
-Bridget Crawford
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