Boy gets 10 years for breaking girl's hymen

TLE writes "Did anyone see this on the CBS news? An 18 year old is found NOT guilty of rape, but has to serve 10 years for injury to a minor (breaking her hymen.) The female prosecutor misled the jury into thinking it was a misdemeanor, so they convicted. This is going to the Georgia Supreme Court this week."



The poor kid's already spent a year in jail over this. Anyone think the jury didn't just assume the virginal qualities, (both literal and figuritive), of the girl before finding him guilty? Even though it's a ridiculous reason to throw someone in jail, did they ever bother to prove he was the one who took her virginity or was her word on that just taken for granted?

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