Appeal blocks release in teen sex case


	Appeal blocks release in teen sex case

TheCatWhisperer

6-11-2007 2:04 PM

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law, stupid, sex, consensual, youth

TheCatWhisperer says:

OMFG, let this poor bastard go. I mean come on.. it was CONSENSUAL!!! The girl freely admitted she instigated the act. The girl and this poor guy were 2 years apart... fucking puritans...

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6-11-2007 3:02 PM

sl0wdjin

The state legislature later changed the law, partly in response to Wilson's case. But the change was not made retroactive

Good grief. A state a.g. with a vacuum-tube brain in a microchip world.

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