What's the evidence of the rape? Just because they had a child together. Maybe they lived together and shared the same bathroom or something. (LOL - yeah I know, I know)

Perhaps we should change the penalty for sex offenders to that of castration. That would slow the crime down.

However, since he saw fit to bring a child into this world, he should have to work to pay for the raising and not the taxpaers.

Folks....Gell did not get off on a technicality. The prosecution had ALIBI evidence for him and evidence that their two witnesses (who said he had done it, and who, if I'm not mistaken, were later implicated in the murder) were lying to them about Gell's involvement....that is NO TECHNICALITY. The "technicality" part that you all may think is a technicality, is that the prosecution is required under the Constitution to inform the defense when it has evidence exculpating the defendant (i.e. evidence that he isn't guilty)...the prosecution didn't do that in this case, it HID the evidence and purposefully kept it from him. That is not a technicality...

Hummmm....would you say he was Nifoned?? Wonder why this prosecutor was not held accountable? Wonder why he wasn't disbarred??? Could it be because this defendent had no money?

This is just a waste of taxpayers money. Save the prison space for true sex offenders: child molesters and rapists. He has a baby with this girl now and their relationship was consentual from the beginning. We need to remember that not too long ago it wasn't unusal for girls 15 and 16 to have kids by older men. It's a little creepy but it's not a sex crime. In cases like that it's the parents responsibility to talk some sense into their daughter, and tell the guy to hit the road.

What a total disappointment that someone would throw away a second chance of having a decent life. He will never change. I feel for his mother; he has put her through so much.