Woman with teen husband released from prison

A Hall County woman who married a 15-year-old boy and later had his child is out of prison. Lisa Clark was released from the Metro State Prison in south DeKalb County before 10 this morning. Clark was serving two years for helping her teenage husband flee from Georgia authorities. She had already served time for statutory rape for her relationship when she was 37 with the boy, who was one of her son's friends.

Law changed over James Brown case

Illinois lawmakers have changed a rape law as a result of a failed lawsuit against Georgia native soul singer James Brown. The law signed today suspends the statute of limitations when the victim has been intimidated or manipulated into staying quiet. Currently, a person accusing someone of rape has just two years to sue in Illinois. The shift is a response to a legal defeat for late Illinois resident Jacque Hollander. Her rape suit against Brown in 2005 was tossed by the court because the alleged gunpoint rape allegedly happened in 1988.

Statutory rapist loses custody challenge

Today a woman who went to jail for having sex with a 15-year-old boy lost a court battle over custody of their baby. The judge denied Lisa Lynette Clark’s request to remove their 15-month-old from the boy’s foster family. Clark spent nine months in jail last year after pleading guilty in Hall County to statutory rape. She was then sentenced to two more years in prison for helping her teenage husband to leave the state in February 2006.