Outrage After Teen Gets 10 Years for Oral Sex With Girl -honor student/star athlete Genarlow Wilson
Also: The attorney general's office disclosed that as recently as this past weekend Douglas County offered Wilson's attorneys a plea deal that would have allowed Wilson to avoid a criminal record and inclusion on the sex offender registry once his sentence had been completed. The plea deal would have also allowed Wilson to serve a "substantially shorter" prison sentence, possibly leading to his "release based upon time already served."
Wilson, through his attorneys, refused those offers.
Link: Judge orders Genarlow Wilson freed [Served over 2 years of 10-year sentence for oral sex...]
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Wilson refused the plea bargain and was unanimously convicted by a jury of his peers. The sentence for his crimes is a harsh, but mandatory, 10 years in prison. He continues to turn down offers that would release him from jail and keep him off the sexual offender registry. But he and his new lawyer appear to prefer martyrdom to freedom. There is a Web site, a publicist and a limo for his attorney.
Awesome post. Says it all.