Play dial an asshole in the GA AG's office. Thanks Bonobo for the list.

[xultar]

Link to story... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1088889&mesg_id=1088889

Brief - ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A judge on Monday threw out the 10-year sentence against a 21-year-old for a consensual sex encounter he had as a teenager. But the state attorney general quickly filed a notice of appeal, keeping Genarlow Wilson in prison for the time being.

The prosecutor's move brought an abrupt halt to the jubilation Wilson's mother, Juannessa Bennett, and his attorney, B.J. Bernstein, were feeling, and the plans they were making for Bennett to be reunited with her son. http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/11/teen.sex.case/index.html

Every day I have about a 90 minute communte. I printed the list below and I'm gonna start callin this afternoon and I'm gonna call in the AM and pm every day this week. I like to call it Dial a fucker but...Dial an asshole is more polite.

Key Contacts

Thurbert E. Baker (This is the asshole that needs special attention)
Attorney General
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

Jeff L. Milsteen
Chief Deputy Attorney General
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

Isaac Byrd
Deputy Attorney General
Regulated Industries and Professions Division
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

Dennis R. Dunn
Deputy Attorney General
Government Services & Employment Division
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

Ray O. Lerer
Deputy Attorney General
Commercial Transactions and Litigation Division
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

Kathleen M. Pacious
Deputy Attorney General
General Litigation Division
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

Mary Beth Westmoreland
Deputy Attorney General
Criminal Justice Division
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

Daryl A. Robinson
Counsel to the Attorney General
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

Russ Willard
Director of Communications
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

David S. McLaughlin
Special Prosecutions
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

Ann Bentley
Director of Operations
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

State Law Library
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

Wanda Rachael
Director of Human Resources
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]

[RepublicanElephant]

1. what IS thurbert baker's problem?

do we have another clarence-thomas-wannabe?

another "tough-as-nails" dem trying appease gop wingnuts.

[RubyDuby in GA]

2. I wish people would stop blaming him for doing his job! Blame the real assholes - the legislature

www.blogfordemocracy.org

From Smitty -

Putting aside the emotional side of the case, Baker did the right thing because:

Monroe County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wilson's order struck Genarlow Wilson's original sentence, and then purportedly went on to sentence Wilson to a misdemeanor. The law in Georgia is clear that while a habeas court may grant habeas relief, there is absolutely no authority for a habeas court to reduce or modify the judgment of the trial court, in this case, the Superior Court of Douglas County.
What if another judge in Georgia decided to just change someone's sentence regardless of another court's ruling? What if a judge decided to lengthen someone's sentence based on their own viewpoint. Let's understand that WE ARE IN GEORGIA. It is not like the courts have a history of fairness.

The Wilson case has set many legal precedents in Georgia and across the country. But is it fair to place all the blame on Attorney General Thurbert Baker? What about the slacker ass legislators that failed to make the new law retroactive to include Wilson?

It seems like everyone is all on board to boot one man, Thurbert Baker, instead of targeting the larger group of legislators that could have written a bill to retroactively include Wilson.

Attorney General Baker's job is to protect all Georgia citizens and so we are told this same mantra from our legislators. If anyone failed Genarlow Wilson, it is Georgia legislators, it is not Attorney General Thurbert Baker.

I am truly sorry that Genarlow and his family have to endure this legal hell but the blame should fall on the shoulders of Georgia's legislators and not AG Baker.