I know where you're coming from, but I disagree with your premis. This woman was 35, he was 17. Besides the "sick" factor here, its IS against the law. If we start watering down sentencing because some states are more permissive than others, the respect for the law becomes a joke. Absolutely no teacher in K-12 should ever under any circumstance be allowed to have sex with a student. Period. I don't care if you have a 19 year old on his third try at senior year. Teachers are in a position of authority and like any other workplace, authority is too easily abused and should be prohibited.
She was 31. Doesn't change your point, just wanted to correct the record.
"Absolutely no teacher in K-12 should ever under any circumstance be allowed to have sex with a student. Period. I don't care if you have a 19 year old on his third try at senior year. Teachers are in a position of authority and like any other workplace, authority is too easily abused and should be prohibited."
Agree. I just see no point in putting her in jail - fire her and ban her from teaching.
"Teachers are in a position of authority and like any other workplace, authority is too easily abused and should be prohibited."
I agree also...
I agree teachers should not be 'allowed' to have sex with students, however, I do think punishment should be commensurate with the actual harm done to the victim. A teacher should not have to spend time behind bars for having sex with a 17-19 year old, if there is no pregnancy or STD involved. 17-19 year olds are NOT children. They are young adults.
I know a man, in his late 60's, who recently related to me how he was having sex with a 19 yr old woman when he was barely 12. I tried to make it out to be that he'd been molested by that woman and how traumatic it must have been for him. He just laughed with a twinkle in his eye and said, "Ooooh Noooo. I loved every minute of it."
Do you think somebody should go to jail for this one? I don't think there is a statute of limitations for sex crimes any longer. Do you think this man knows whether or not he was 'victimized'?