Well, in the
Marcus Dixon case, he was 18 and the girl was 15. He was convicted under the same law which was reversed by the Georgia Supreme Court.
Marcus had a few advantages in that he was an honor student, promising athlete, and that there were racial overtones.
Unfortunately, the legislature did not grandfather the changes to the law. The real injustice was that Dixon was 18 and his conviction was reversed and Wilson was 17 and his was not. Also, while the court ruled that the changed law did not apply to Wilson, they overlooked the fact that Dixon was also charged under the original law and they reversed his case.
IMO, this deserves a review by the Supreme Court under the
Equal Protection Clause. Every rape case has different circumstances, but the State of Georgia should be forced to defend the different handling of these two cases.
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