SHOULD CONSENSUAL SEX INVOLVING TEENAGERS BE TREATED AS SEXUAL ASSAULT, WITH STIFF PRISON SENTENCES IMPOSED ON THE OFFENDERS?
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Brief Background Genarlow Wilson (then a teenager) was originally sentenced to 10 years in prison for engaging in consensual sex with a teenager; he served 2.5 years of his sentence.
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