Plea deal for teenage sex act

The state has offered a plea deal to the man serving a 10-year prison sentence for a teenage sex offense. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that under the deal, if Genarlow Wilson pleads guilty to a felony … he would be able to get out of prison sooner and wouldn’t have to register as a sex offender. Wilson was convicted in 2006 of having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old when he was 17. At the time the crime was considered child molestation, and Wilson got 10 years in prison and was charged as a sex offender. But since then lawmakers have downgraded the offense to a misdemeanor.