I sure don’t understand this case. From what I understand it was consensual sex. What was the issue, that force was used? That she was younger than him?
Genarlow Wilson was charged with rape, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, aggravated sodomy and aggravated child molestation. He and five buddies videotaped their "party" on New Year's Eve with two young girls - one of whom was 17 and "semi-conscious" (according to the Georgia Court of Appeals) and another who was 15 and a minor.
This was not two star-crossed lovers on a date. Wilson engaged in intercourse with the 17-year-old after she was passed out drunk and high on drugs and encouraged the others to join him. She accused the young men of rape and has never recanted. Sex with a semi-conscious female who cannot grant consent is rape - even if she earlier granted it consensually. She also was locked in the bathroom in between the sex acts and this resulted in a "false imprisonment" conviction for one of the men. Later, all but one of them received oral sex from the minor. This is against the law in Georgia because a minor is not deemed capable of consenting to such an act.
There were six men with 40 prior arrests among them in a hotel room with a semi-conscious girl and a minor. They were consuming illegal drugs and alcohol underage. They weren't choirboys. One of the men impregnated a 12-year-old while awaiting trial and has since been convicted of statutory rape. Five of the six men pled guilty to the lesser charge of child molestation instead of aggravated child molestation. All are serving time.
In most states, sex with a minor cannot, by definition of statutory rape, be consensual. It doesn't matter. She was 15 and by law could not legally give her consent.
Now, how the laws in Georgia apply, I cannot say. I am not an attorney.
However, I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
This kid is really getting a raw deal & the prosecutor needs to have his ass kicked for being a jerk. I've been saying that a lot these days...