Georgia AG Criticized For Appeal

ATLANTA (AP) -- The case of Genarlow Wilson, now serving a 10-year mandatory prison sentence for having oral sex with a 15-year-old girl as a teen, is just the latest to make the state's attorney general the target of protests.

Democrat Thurbert Baker is Georgia's top black elected official, but he has repeatedly found himself at odds with black leaders and his own party.

Wilson's advocates have said race was one reason he received a sentence they describe as appalingly harsh, noting that he and the girl - both black - were only two years apart.

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