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Genarlow Wilson  

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  • Wilson v. State was a case involving a Genarlow “Genardo” Wilson, a high school senior in Georgia who was convicted of aggravated child molestation. He served more than 2 years before the Georgia Supreme Court found his sentence “cruel and unusual” and ordered his release. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Wilson, Genarlow]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JG2G0CTB-7

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