Skip to main content

Genarlow Wilson's Sex Video Tape -- Will Online Outrage Over Its Release Help Set the Honor Student Free from Prison? And what about the Jena Six?

by Paula Neal Mooney

By now nearly everybody has heard the plight of Genarlow Wilson, a 17-year-old honor student who should've been acing his SATs the day he was arrested on charges of rape, stemming from consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl as well as intercourse with another girl.


And now David McDade has released the videotape of Genarlow Wilson receiving oral sex at a party, claiming he was required to by law.



The unfairness of Genarlow Wilson's 10-year sentence even has Barack Obama championing his cause. Heck, I just might vote for that man yet...




I believe rape is wrong.



I believe child molestation is wrong.



I believe this is not why Genarlow Wilson is in prison.



Laws like this were designed to protect children from older scuzballs taking advantage of them, not to send a good kid to prison for what's been reported as consensual oral sex with a girl two years his junior.



There's such a thing as the letter of the law, and then there's the spirit of the law.



If all the sex that happened at the fateful party was in fact consensual, I believe that the two years Genarlow Wilson has more than paid for his supposed crime.



Thank goodness there weren't this many camcorders around when many of us were teenagers. There but for the grace of God were we covered....



Let's hope and pray that the new online outrage of the release of the videotape will do for Genarlow Wilson what it did for Shaquanda Cotton -- get him out of prison.



And I pray the Jena Six receives justice as well.



Keep your eyes on the prize...

Comments

Anonymous said…
But can teenagers really have consensual sex? You have to wonder just what they are consenting to at 15. Either way, this kid didn't deserve 10 years.
EastPAWZ said…
I hope this tape does help his case.
The only problem I see with this is that their were copies made and sent to people who needed to review this case. The video does not seal the identity of other juveniles in this case. I believe it was stopped because of they did not take into account that this was just child porn being sent out, that would eventually leak to the internet and God knows where else.
I do hope that they do something about the Laws in that state, because this is not the first case I have heard like this in Georgia. Like the case of Marcus Dixon in Georgia, who was eventually released.Oh and he was an Honor Student with no criminal record.
This all sounds like stories my grandmother would tell me that happened in the 40's.
Linky Love said…
Sent an army to a foreign country and just imagine how many untold rapes will follow...

Come to Asia and see all these older looking single men snatching up youngsters, not to mention the things we don't see...

Always easy to convict 1 person and set your mind free of the 99 others you didn't see doing anything and you don't want to look for :-(
Anonymous said…
Great blog but before i comment let me just say that this is the longest comment rant i ever seen and damn it i loved it!!! I like to say about my blogs it's crowded but its still cozy what yall say have sorta feeling like a don the whole day!! lol Now on to Mr. Wilson I think it's an outrage GA is notorious for putting brothers under the jail when it comes down to stuff like this. this kids future was so bright and people fail to believe that kids do shit like this all the time. They do
*Tanyetta* said…
I have to admit, I have been much too consumed in toddlerism lately. I rarely get a chance to watch TV, READ the news or anything.

I've NEVER heard of any of these incidents:
JenaSix-
Whites ONLY shaded tree at a school??????????????
in 2007?????????????????????

10 years for Osex? DAMMIT, I have a headache. I'm so sad right now. I cannot explain it.
They've already reduced the charge to a misdemeaner, but the AG is appealing the judges decision.

When I was young the saying was, "15 will get you 20" I guess it's still true...especially here in New York, irregardless of whether it was consentual, or not!
Anonymous said…
All these politicians act like they are holier than thou and like they have never done it. Please, we all remember what was going on in high school, and this is so stupid. Romeo and Juliet were 13 way back in the day, so maybe they should have gotten stoned? Maybe if America wasn't so sex starved then a lot of this would just be overlooked, as it should be.
Chuck Gallagher said…
The outcome of this case will surely be decided within a week or two at the latest. But, beyond the minimum sentence issue, at hand, a larger question exists: what will Genarlow Wilson do to benefit others from his experience? Certainly, his sentence and incarceration has caused a law to be changed. One could say that is good. But beyond that, Genarlow is an example of a simple, yet profound, principle: Every choice has a consequence.

As former inmate from Federal prison, today I share with business executives and young people that simple message: Every choice has a consequence. http://www.chuckgallagher.com And, while I am extraordinarily sympathetic to Mr. Wilson's plight, his example has helped other young people evaluate the power of their seemingly simple choices. As the founder of the Choices Foundation, perhaps Genarlow would consider stepping up and helping others understand the power of choice.

Popular posts from this blog

Paula's List of Blogger Salaries...Are you on the list?

Update: For those who continue to enjoy this post, check out my website about 50 real online people making more than $50k per year , and my page where I update my online salary . UPDATE: Before you read any further or especially link to this old list, please check out "Paula's New List of Blogger Salaries (and Webmasters, Affiliate Marketers, Content Scrapers, Domainers and any other title you can think of) June 2007" by clicking here! ~ Thanks, PAULA NEAL MOONEY by Paula Neal Mooney One of my favorite features in Parade magazine is the issue where they grab a random sampling of people and report their incomes -- from the millionaires to the working poor. Since I'm fascinated with how much money bloggers and webmasters are making nowadays, I've created a similar list -- a random sampling of people making money on the net. Who's on Paula's List of Blogger and Webmaster Salaries? I spent hours and hours scouring the internet for the last-reporte

Paula's New List of Blogger Salaries (and Webmasters, Affiliate Marketers, Content Scrapers, Domainers and any other title you can think of) June 2007

FIND OUT HOW MUCH BLOGGERS REALLY MAKE ONLINE -- CHECK OUT THIS NEW WEBSITE ABOUT MONEY-MAKING ONLINE CALLED 50 OVER $50K... by Paula Neal Mooney The time has come. The time is now. Paula N. Mooney will you please publish that list now?! (Yes, I fancy Dr. Seuss' iambic pentameter.) My WebMaster blest me with a viral post called "Paula's List of Blogger Salaries," and the response was so wonderful, here lies an update. It's bigger and better than ever before with more pics, and double the amount of bloggers, webmasters, domainers, affiliate marketers (or a smidgen of some or all of those titles) and their reported incomes. How Much Do You Make? Money is funny. The abundance of it, the lack of it, the subject of cash in general gets attention. While some invoke their choice not to post their online income nor discuss it at all, I've always been of the Suze Orman mindset ever since I read her first book. Suze encourages people to talk ab

Digg.com's Autobury Secret Blacklist...Are you still being banned by automatic burying?

UPDATE: PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK TO DIGG THIS STORY AND TELL DIGG TO PLAY FAIR... by Paula Neal Mooney Many of us know the power of Digg.com, dreamed up by Kevin Rose, who touted it as a "user driven" site that says it allows the general public to determine the stories they want to see make it to the front page by voting for interesting articles they find across the web. The more votes the public gives an article, the better chance it should have to make it to the front page. Theoretically... The power of Digg's front page Digg.com -- according to Alexa -- is now more popular than The New York Times. Getting one of your articles or blog posts to the front page of Digg.com will get your website seen by plenty of eyes. John Chow experienced a one-day traffic record of 55,856 page views when one of his posts hit the front page of Digg. Digg Bans Domains...then Supposedly Unbans Them One day, Digg banned me -- I'm still not clear why. I found out they banned a whole bun