http://jonathanturley.org/2007/10/26/georgia-supreme-court-strikes-down-ten-year-sentence-of-genarlow-wilson-as-cruel-and-unusual-punishment/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:02:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/10/26/georgia-supreme-court-strikes-down-ten-year-sentence-of-genarlow-wilson-as-cruel-and-unusual-punishment/#comment-17018 Wendy Whitaker: Another Outrage Emerges From Georgia’s Statutory Rape Law « JONATHAN TURLEY Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:18:10 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/2007/10/26/georgia-supreme-court-strikes-down-ten-year-sentence-of-genarlow-wilson-as-cruel-and-unusual-punishment/#comment-17018 [...] Whitaker should not be on any sex offender list to start with. Her case is another example of how some prosecutors fail to use basic common sense and discretion. Teen sex should be a parental not a criminal matter. It is an outrage that prosecutors took such a case and prosecuted Whitaker. However, this is the state that gave us the Genarlow Wilson outrage, here. [...] [...] Whitaker should not be on any sex offender list to start with. Her case is another example of how some prosecutors fail to use basic common sense and discretion. Teen sex should be a parental not a criminal matter. It is an outrage that prosecutors took such a case and prosecuted Whitaker. However, this is the state that gave us the Genarlow Wilson outrage, here. [...]

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