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Ga. Court, Headed by Alumna, Frees Convict

November 1, 2007 - 11:00pm
By Jamie Meyerson

Genarlow Wilson, convicted in 2005 of aggravated child molestation, was released last Friday after the Georgia Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears ’76, ruled that Wilson’s 10 year sentence was a form of cruel and unusual punishment.

Wilson, now 21, spent more than two years in jail after being convicted of having oral sex with a consenting 15-year-old girl when he was 17. Georgia law states that the age of consent is 16 and is only taken into account when dealing with cases of sexual intercourse. Despite the minor age difference, Wilson fell victim to a law intended to provide severe punishment to child molesters and was charged with a felony, sentenced to 10 years in jail and his name was added to the sex offender registry.