sonia's flingo on perverts
Thanks to new technologies and a newfound awareness for violence, you can't even turn on the TV anymore without hearing about someone getting raped or killed. It's something that has existed all along, but it's like someone has just recently turned the volume up, and now it's all we ever notice. That and Paris Hilton's latest antics.
But does anyone ever stop and wonder how many rape cases are actually rape?
Don't get me wrong, I'm a girl in her early twenties and I live in South Central Los Angeles. I know what crime is. But every now and then , you come across a case that makes you wonder if women take advantage of rape allegations, or if parents use it to justify their not-so-innocent children.
One such case was just recently brought to my attention: the trial and incarceration of Genarlow Wilson, a 21-year-old man who has been in jail for the past 4 years for recieving oral sex from a minor, on the grounds of aggravated child molestation.
Aggravated child molestation? At the time, Wilson was 17 years old and the girl in question was 15 years old. They went to school together, and were videotaped at a party while the girl performed oral sex on Wilson. In my opinion, this hardly construes child molestation. The girl was a peer of Wilson's, she was most likely intoxicated, and considering she did not press charges, it was probably consensual. What part of this looks like child molestation to anyone?
The worst part of this whole ordeal is that, if Wilson and the girl had actually had sex, he would not be in jail, due to Georgia's Romeo and Juliet clause. And since his sentencing, they have appended the law to prevent his circumstance from reoccuring. But, as it's not a retroactive ruling, they can't go back and change the ruling.
So, thanks to the brilliance of Georgia's judicial system, Wilson is going to be in jail for the next 6 years, unless a judge can find some way around it. Wilson was an honors student, studying for his SATs and on the way to a bright future. I hope the jury sees that they have effectively ruined a kid's life, just because some idiot chose to videotape a party.
For reference, here's a link to the CNN interview: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/06/teen.sex.case.ap/index.html
[click on the interview on the lower left side]
Thanks to new technologies and a newfound awareness for violence, you can't even turn on the TV anymore without hearing about someone getting raped or killed. It's something that has existed all along, but it's like someone has just recently turned the volume up, and now it's all we ever notice. That and Paris Hilton's latest antics.
But does anyone ever stop and wonder how many rape cases are actually rape?
Don't get me wrong, I'm a girl in her early twenties and I live in South Central Los Angeles. I know what crime is. But every now and then , you come across a case that makes you wonder if women take advantage of rape allegations, or if parents use it to justify their not-so-innocent children.
One such case was just recently brought to my attention: the trial and incarceration of Genarlow Wilson, a 21-year-old man who has been in jail for the past 4 years for recieving oral sex from a minor, on the grounds of aggravated child molestation.
Aggravated child molestation? At the time, Wilson was 17 years old and the girl in question was 15 years old. They went to school together, and were videotaped at a party while the girl performed oral sex on Wilson. In my opinion, this hardly construes child molestation. The girl was a peer of Wilson's, she was most likely intoxicated, and considering she did not press charges, it was probably consensual. What part of this looks like child molestation to anyone?
The worst part of this whole ordeal is that, if Wilson and the girl had actually had sex, he would not be in jail, due to Georgia's Romeo and Juliet clause. And since his sentencing, they have appended the law to prevent his circumstance from reoccuring. But, as it's not a retroactive ruling, they can't go back and change the ruling.
So, thanks to the brilliance of Georgia's judicial system, Wilson is going to be in jail for the next 6 years, unless a judge can find some way around it. Wilson was an honors student, studying for his SATs and on the way to a bright future. I hope the jury sees that they have effectively ruined a kid's life, just because some idiot chose to videotape a party.
For reference, here's a link to the CNN interview: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/06/teen.sex.case.ap/index.html
[click on the interview on the lower left side]
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