Georgia Court Throws Out Athlete's Sex Conviction
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › May 04, 2004
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ATLANTA (AP) -- The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday threw out a black high school football star's conviction and 10-year prison sentence for having sex with an underage white girl -- a case that led to allegations of racism and heavy-handed prosecution.
The court ruled 4-3 that 18-year-old Marcus Dixon should have been prosecuted solely on the lesser charge of misdemeanor statutory rape rather than aggravated child molestation.See the full content of this document
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Georgia Court Throws Out Athlete's Sex Conviction
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