Free At Last, Stay Away From White Girls

After a four year long nightmare that ruined a good kid's chances at a great life, the Georgia Supreme Court decided that Genarlow Wilson had enough and freed him today. The original crime - letting a girl blow him who turned out to be 15 and just happened to be on camera. Because for some reason, in 1995 the Georgia legislature decided that oral sex was the work of the devil and should be a felony even between kids of the same age (unlike sexual intercourse). Hmm, I wonder who inspired that law...

Worse, the august Georgia Legislature changed the law to make such acts only a misdeamenor, largely in response to the bruhaha over Wilson. Yet, for some reason they did not make the law retroactive even though they had the option to do so. Thanks to an over aggressive Attorney General, this kept Wilson in prison and the State Supreme Court upheld his conviction and sentence of 10 YEARS.

Finally, a Monroe County judge agreed that all this was bullshit - and that 12 months was long enought to stay in prison for getting head. The Attorney General stepped in again and appealed to the Supreme Court - who agreed that the sentence was completely ridiculous.

I know this is the Bible Belt, and I know more about the Bible Belt than anyone - but you don't see kids from Alpharetta High facing hard time for getting their dick wet. If she wasn't white, if it wasn't on videotape, it wouldn't be an issue. And that's the saddest thing of all. At least Wilson is free.