Posted on 07/10/2024 11:33:34 AM PDT by simpson96
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A former Tipton County teacher could go to trial more than 20 times for sex crimes involving children.
On Tuesday, a judge set a trial date for Alissa McCommon, but that could be the first of many.
McCommon is facing 23 charges including rape of a child, five counts of aggravated statutory rape and two counts of statutory rape by an authority figure. The judge on Monday set McCommon's first trial for January 7, but in August that judge will decide if that trial will encompass all of McCommon's charges or if the former teacher will come back to court for each separate allegation against her.
Another question unanswered is who will pay for McCommon's defense. In June, her attorney said that they need state funding to perform a through investigation, but prosecutors argued that McCommon has her retirement money along with other finances and that she does not need state assistance. They said taxpayers shouldn't be responsible for the burden of paying for the defense's expert witnesses.
During her count appearance on July 2, her attorney said that they are still working to get more information from the state retirement system about how much her account is worth.
A decision regarding her finances and whether or not McCommon's charger will be severed is expected by the court during her next court date on August 19.
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I believe the police need to do what they are already paid to do, and the attorney should be a pro bono, too.
“Get God out of schools!”, they said. I’m not happy with the results.
That’s the way I’ve always heard it should be.
ewwwwwwww
Well, she certainly is ..”Common”, as my late Mom used to say about fallen women.
When did she even have time for teaching?
You have to prepare a lesson plan, you have papers to check, meetings to attend, certifications to study up for, Union Dues to pay and pay and pay.
Separation of Church and State meant that our nation must never have an established National Church like the Anglican Church of England. It did not mean that our nation is Godless.
If anything we should never have allowed government schools to take over teaching our children.
how old was the kid? Really a “child” or that just a legal term?
Separation of Church and State meant that our nation must never have an established National Church like the Anglican Church of England. It did not mean that our nation is Godless.
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Actually it meant that the State cannot mess with Church, who can mess with the State.
Several states collected taxes for designated denominations into the 19th century.
Not a violation of the establishment clause.
Well they must have been pretty young. Otherwise they would have taken one look and ran away.
She certainly isn’t McSpecial.
another article said he was 12. 12?! that is young and the idiot is a dad now.
I’ve made mistakes in my life, but NOTHING that even remotely compares to this.
GEEZ…
I remember there was a married woman, a teacher I believe, who did the same and get pregnant. I think she went to prison and later they got married.
Yes that was Mary Laturno!!!
Can you rephrase that so I can understand it?
Yeah. It’s not like this happens in churches or anything.
Just so.
Mary Kay Latourneau was the teacher. I think her father was a politician and actually ran for president. Mary Kay had a baby with the guy and then when she was out from prison she had a second child with him.
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