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Notable coverage of Genarlow Wilson saga

Coverage of the Genarlow Wilson case continues to provide interesting food-for-thought.  Anyone following the Wilson case closely will definitely want to check out these two interesting articles:

  • From the Fulton County Daily Report here, “Contrasting Cases Show Murkiness of Sex Law: Genarlow Wilson’s win made the news, but another teen sex case looms.”
  • From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution here, “Girl’s mother defends Wilson: Penalty too severe, and sex was consensual, she says; prosecutors suspect that defendants’ supporters have been pressuring her.”

Following up the AJC article, this AP article has now hit the wires, headlined “Prosecutor meddling in teen sex case?  Mother of girl changed statement to newspaper after visit by assistant DA.”

UPDATE:  This AP story reports that “Georgia’s Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear the state’s arguments for keeping in prison a man who had consensual sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 17.  The story also provides more details about reactions to the case and the decision by the Georgia AG to appeal.