October 26, 2007

Court says teen sex conviction 'cruel and unusual' punishment

The Supreme Court of Georgia ordered Friday that Genarlow Wilson be released from prison, ruling that his sentence for a teen sex conviction was cruel and unusual punishment.

It's about fucking time.

The decision was split 4-3.

4-3? WTF, people? What the hell are those "3" thinking?

Wilson had been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted in 2005 of having oral sex with a consenting 15-year-old girl when he was 17.

He already has served two years in prison.

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