A Glenarlow Wilson inspired website
Prof. Berman points to a new website inspired by Glenarlow Wilson, called “My 5th“. One of the founders of the website is Wilson’s lawyer. Wilson is the Georgia teen that is serving a ten year sentence for engaging in consensual oral sex with a 15 year old. Due to the media coverage of his case, the Georgia legislature passed a bill now making this act a misdemeanor. However, there is no retroactivity provision in the bill, so Wilson is still serving his 10 year sentence. The blog has some interesting entries about public hearings at the legislature, but I really liked this interactive map about the age of consent in each state.
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about 4 years ago
The real problem is Georgia raised the age of consent from 14 to 16 several years ago. If the age of consent was still 14, then Wilson would have only been tried for raping the 17 year old, and would most likely have been found guilty and sentenced to more than 10 years. The jury had to find him guilty of something after seeing the video, and they choose the lesser charge. Why don’t y’all get one of the juriors to give their opinion on this site? Without a jurior’s opinion otherwise, this is my belief.
What if the teens had brought the party across the state line over into SC? Anyone want to speculate on what SC would have charged them with? There was no Romeo clause in SC then either.