Photo: Creative LoafingI came across an interesting article on Alan Colmes website about a Georgia woman who faces eviction for a decade-old sex crime. This case is eerily similar to Genarlo Wilson's case. According to Alan Colmes, Wendy Whitaker had consensual oral sex with her boyfriend when she was 17 and he was three weeks shy of his 16th birthday. She was convicted of sodomy in 1997 as a result, had to register as a sex offender for life, and can’t live within 1000 feet of schools or churches.
The Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta has filed a suit on her behalf to overturn parts of Georgia’s sex offender registry law, and she has just filed another suit to stop the state from evicting her from her home. She won’t be able to afford both a mortgage and a rent on a new home, so she would have to face foreclosure if she is forced from her house.
Whitaker’s case is reminiscent of that of Genarlo Wilson, a Georgia man who got 10 years for consensual sex he also had as a teenager. Wilson was finally freed after serving 2 years, and Whitaker is citing the cruel and unusual punishment in that case which will hopefully help her own cause.
Isn't this a clear violation of the Constitution and this woman's civil rights? It is so important for all voters to know the history of the judges we are voting for. You put one nutjob on the bench and all hell breaks loose. President Bush and his posse are engaging in nation-building, but yet we have people in this country are are not afforded a fair trial. This woman had consensual oral sex with her boyfriend, who is she being treated as a sex offender? She stands to lose everything, while her boyfriend walked away scotch free. Of course, this is not a cause for the politicians to champion. No sex is too scary for them to touch. This woman had consensual oral sex with her then boyfriend. Why is she meted the same treatment as the scumbag who preys on little children or women? That is simply not fair.
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