Friday's ruling by the Supreme Court of Georgia that Genarlow Wilson's 10-year sentence for aggravated child molestation was unconstitutionally cruel and unusual offered a sense of deja vu to those who followed the 2004 case of Marcus D. Dixon. Each case concerned a young man serving a 10-year prison term for what each said was consensual sexual contact that occurred when he and the alleged victim were teenagers. One critical difference, though, was the stance taken by Justice Hugh P. Thompson.
October 29, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
Friday’s ruling by the Supreme Court of Georgia that Genarlow Wilson’s 10-year sentence for aggravated child molestation was unconstitutionally cruel and unusual offered a sense of deja vu to those who followed the 2004 case of Marcus D. Dixon.
Each case concerned a young man serving a 10-year prison term for aggravated child molestation for what each said was consensual sexual contact that occurred when he and the alleged victim were teenagers.
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