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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:00 AM Original message |
High school teacher sentenced to 30 years for having sex with 18 year old student. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Raise your hand if you knew that law existed before reading this article. |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I'd heard of it. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Counselors and therapists can lose their licenses for the same thing. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. and 30 years in prison? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Excessive. n/t |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. Not when you try bribing your victim to drop the charges. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. I don't think "victim" is appropriate. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #57 |
121. Really? The victim of the crime of bribery doesn't deserve that appellation? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #121 |
145. If I try to bribe a judge, is he a victim? n/t |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
86. She wasn't a victim, but, instead, |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #86 |
99. underage, in a position of inferior power, and seduced |
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pbrower2a (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #99 |
112. Teachers: Hands off students! |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. yes. |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #99 |
118. Underage? at 18? um, NO.... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:26 AM Response to Reply #99 |
124. I call bullshit. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:11 AM Response to Reply #99 |
133. Please explain |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:29 AM Response to Reply #99 |
134. I like how it's always the man doing the seducing |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
91. "Victim?" Really? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #91 |
122. Really? She is the victim of the crime of bribery. What is your |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #122 |
152. I fail to see how she was victimized |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 02:51 AM Response to Reply #122 |
163. the harm done to her was? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
115. 30 years? way excessive |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. I have no problem with him being fired. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 02:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
164. 30 years makes me *very* uncomfortable when the girl was 18. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:32 AM Response to Reply #164 |
168. exactly. n/t |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I agree, but 30 years? |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
71. This is Amerika |
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era veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:58 AM Response to Reply #23 |
129. I'm kicking with comment |
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Drahthaardogs (482 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
117. Losing your license and going to state pen for 30 years |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. Losing your license and "What's the big deal?" aren't either. |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 07:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
137. Losing license is cool. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. I knew that bribing witnesses was ilelgal |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
63. In this country that seems to depend on who is doing the bribing. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Hand raised - the issue here is not consent or age |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Should the law extend to college? |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. No |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. However, this law goes up to 21 |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Ark. Code 5-14-125. Sexual assault in the second degree |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #70 |
85. So, only for public schools - not private ones? |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #85 |
92. Sigh.... |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #85 |
108. I can help with this one. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #65 |
104. here in PA students with disabilities have the right to go |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
105. I get your point more clearly now. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
111. I was rather fond of one of my english profs. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. Professors shouldn't sleep with their students. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #44 |
120. College prof's are generally prohibited from sleeping with THEIR students. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:50 AM Response to Reply #120 |
127. Often? That never happens to me at all. I must be grading too easily, or else |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #127 |
144. You must be. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #144 |
149. My main concern with the current rule is that, even though there are |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
73. Actually the issue here is 30 years in prison |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Here, have a break |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. The witness tampering was a second hand account |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #78 |
109. I'm going to go out on a limb here... but those who want these kinda laws.... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 06:39 AM Response to Reply #78 |
135. I was going to say, 30 years for trying to bribe a witness |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #73 |
138. Exactly! n/t |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
87. I call bullshit. |
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CLANG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
98. So true. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #32 |
101. thank you! |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
102. I agree with you even tho that is not an equatable example. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 02:55 AM Response to Reply #32 |
165. and you think 30 years is just? she was 18 & only reported the relationship |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #32 |
174. 30 years????? |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Doesn't matter if WE knew it existed - I'm sure the teacher knew it existed. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
173. PLEASE!!!! |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's reasonable. |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. No kidding. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. selena gomez is 18 and Justin Bieber is 16. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Selma Gomez is not in a position of authority with Bieber. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. I've never heard of such a thing. This is insane. n/t |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. Can't they just execute him and be done with it? |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. Males get decades in prison, women get book deals and TV shows |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Right, because Mary Kay LeTourneau didn't go to jail, lose her kids, have to |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
46. She was given probation at first.. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. He might not have. Sex offenders tend to have long records, reflecting |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. beware of a woman scorned! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. He should not be a teacher, but 30 years is excessive. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. Is it possible |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. My thoughts exactly. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
67. No - the bribery conviction just got him a $4,000 fine |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
12. Best comment - |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Most people turn 18 in high school. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
15. Same state where a 16 year old can consent to sex or get married. |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
16. WTF? Happened here and the teacher lost his job. That's it. n/t |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. But,did he bribe a juror? |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Nothing in the story about bribing a juror. |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. My bad. The Op story says bribing a witness. n/t |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
42. Offering a bribe IS the crime of bribery |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. You didn't read what I posted. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
167. the 30 years wasn't for the bribery. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
18. Hope this gets reduced on appeal |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
22. there is a law. he broke it. then he bribed someone knowingly breaking another law |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. 30 years. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. dont agree with 30 yrs. also dont know how much bribery effect sentencing.... nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
26. that is so fucked up. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
27. He should have been female. No penalty when women do it. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. I was thinking exactly the same thing. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Women have gone to jail too, but you're right: not as many. nt |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Right. 'Cause Mary Kay LeTourneau didn't go to jail, right? n/t |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. She had sex with a 13-year-old. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. True, had Ms. Letourneau attempted to bribe a witness, she would have gotten jail time too. |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Not for 30 years she didn't. And she committed statutory rape! Multiple times! |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. He's going to jail for sex crimes and bribery. But if you've |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. "Next to zero repercussions"? Like 20 years in prison? |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
160. Not pretty...doesn't count |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #37 |
52. only after getting probation and violating the probation |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #37 |
172. There's no parity. LeTourneau never got a sentence as long as 30 years, period! nt |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #27 |
39. "No penalty"? Seriously? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:16 PM Response to Reply #39 |
68. But that's Idaho, and a 13 year old boy; in Arkansas, with an 18 year old boy, it was 120 days |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #27 |
51. That's incorrect |
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Dash87 (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
66. I always thought that kind of mentality was strange. |
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catrose (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
96. Not in my town |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
28. You know, I think it might be worthwhile for teachers to go through |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
55. That might be a good idea, but I'm not sure why they don't just internalize |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #55 |
72. Exactly: students are off-limits. There is a power-position there that mustn't be abused. nt |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
113. Teacher DO get updates on this. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
40. So the teacher now expressed interest in another girl |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
53. The legal system frowns heavily on bribing or threatening witnesses |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
59. She can go to war, but not fool around with a teacher? |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I suspect the jail time was more about the witness tampering than the sex. |
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DiverDave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #61 |
88. 4000 fine for bribe |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:37 AM Response to Reply #88 |
147. yet Wall Street Execs walk free and so do Bush and Cheney |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
75. Because females are *always* victims |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
62. And this is why states are running red ink |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
64. I sure hope she had great big |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
69. I didn't know the cutoff was 21, and it looks like there's a bit more to the story than that. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #69 |
90. The threat of violence does make it far more serious |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #90 |
150. Helpful link. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
74. What insane prude could think this is NOT excessive? 30 years? WTF? -nt |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
77. They should've given him the death penalty. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
79. Serious professional misconduct, yes; but 30 years jail for sex with an adult? |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. ...and witness tampering |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. witness tampering was only a fine;see link in reply #67 (nt) |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Yes, but it plays into the judges decision to impose some leniency |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #79 |
89. Yeah, I was going to bring up that case |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
82. Worst thing about this is the utterly evil and vindictive nature of the girl. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
84. I call bullshit. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #84 |
95. Teachers know what they are getting into too |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Or if an 18 year old girl who has sex with |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. No, and I didn't say I did |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:06 AM Response to Reply #100 |
130. I live in Arizona. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #130 |
143. Medieval? In Arizona, adultery is illegal |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:10 AM Response to Reply #95 |
132. Yeah, because when you're in college, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #84 |
116. then shame on you for setting up some man for this kind of repercussion. you, too, |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:09 AM Response to Reply #116 |
131. whatever |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #131 |
136. you claim at 16 grown up enough to haev sex. but not grown up enough to think |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #136 |
139. Then I feel kinda sorry for you.... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #139 |
140. ya. she knew. why she went after him when he was interested in another student. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 02:48 AM Response to Reply #140 |
162. Really? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #162 |
170. fyi? for my information? do i capitalize? like, fyi.... i dont know about capitalization, lol? |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #139 |
148. I am certain that every public school teacher in Arkansas knows it is illegal to boink students |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #148 |
155. Still think that the law is bullshit. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 02:44 AM Response to Reply #148 |
161. "Boinking" an 18 year old is miles away |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
93. 30 years in prison for almost any crime is absurd. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
94. I though eighteen year olds were adults |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 06:57 PM Response to Reply #94 |
103. They are. So is the teacher |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:36 AM Response to Reply #103 |
128. I'm against teachers having sex with students |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
106. Ouch. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #106 |
151. That was the case with one of my college profs. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
107. A bit over the top, I think. n/t |
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joeunderdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
110. Dick Cheney fucked an entire country |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
123. As soon as I saw the student was 18 I knew the teacher was a male - Female teachers always |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #123 |
158. No true. Not "always" |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
125. It is appalling and disgusting, but this is what we signed on for the day the "21 to drink" law was |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #125 |
154. Agreed! +1000 |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
126. And one other thing: always love the free-lance "lawyers"-cum-prosecuting attorney's who always seem |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
141. Teachers leave them kids alone |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
142. 15 will get you 30. He found out. |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 04:19 PM Response to Reply #142 |
153. Except that she was 18, not 15 n/t |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
146. the usual authoritarian mindset agrees with the sentence |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
156. I'm a teacher. I say "good". |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 02:58 AM Response to Reply #156 |
166. you think 30 years is good? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 03:37 AM Response to Reply #156 |
169. This teacher disagrees. I teach a subject. I'm not their parents. |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-05-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #156 |
171. She was EIGHTEEN!!! |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
157. #1 country at putting people in prison. |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-11 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
159. Too bad this doesn't apply to priest |
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