Pawn Power
28th October 2007, 22:47
if justice is serving over three years of a ten year sentance for concentual sex.
ATLANTA: The Georgia Supreme Court Thursday ended the 10-year prison sentence of a man who was convicted in 2003 of having consensual oral sex with another teenager. The court said the harsh sentence violated the Constitution's protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
In a 4-to-3 ruling, the court's majority said the sentence was "grossly disproportionate" to the crime, which the justices said "did not rise to the level of culpability of adults who prey on children."
Georgia court orders man freed in sex case (http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/26/america/26georgia.4.php)
ATLANTA: The Georgia Supreme Court Thursday ended the 10-year prison sentence of a man who was convicted in 2003 of having consensual oral sex with another teenager. The court said the harsh sentence violated the Constitution's protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
In a 4-to-3 ruling, the court's majority said the sentence was "grossly disproportionate" to the crime, which the justices said "did not rise to the level of culpability of adults who prey on children."
Georgia court orders man freed in sex case (http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/26/america/26georgia.4.php)