From the NBLSA Attorney General

We are asking our members to contact Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker in efforts to consent to Genarlow Wilson’s habeas petition. Genarlow Wilson is a Georgia teen who was convicted of Aggravated Child Molestation for a voluntary act of oral sex with another teenager.

At the time of the alleged crime, Wilson was seventeen and the alleged victim was fifteen.
Along with the label “child molester” which will require him throughout his life to be on a sexual offender registry, Genarlow received a sentence of eleven years — a mandatory 10 years in prison and 1 year on probation.

On July 1, 2006, Georgia passed legislation ensuring that no teen prosecuted for consensual oral sex can receive more than a 12 month sentence or be required to register as a sex offender. While NBLSA applauds the Georgia legislature for rectifying the law that placed Genarlow Wilson in prison, we cannot remain idle until he is free.

Genarlow Wilson will be filing a habeas petition to seek his freedom from prison and to be removed from the sex offender registry. A habeas is a civil action which claims that a defendant is being unlawfully incarcerated. In Georgia, the Attorney General's office responds to this type of legal action. We are calling on the Attorney General of Georgia, Thurbert Baker to use his power to act justly, and review and consent to Wilson's habeas petition. As the guardian of justice in this State, we appeal to him to correct this grave injustice. Please contact Attorney

General Baker at:
Office of the Georgia Attorney General.
Hon. Thurbert Baker
40 Capitol Square, SW
Atlanta, GA 30334
404-656-3300