The statutory rapist needed a stiff sentence. But some of the participants on this thread have come close to presuming that a 14 year old is incapable of knowing right from wrong, especially where sexual transgressions are involved.
Even the judge acknowledged that the girl had been raped. That she had not consented. Whether she was a “good girl” or a “bad girl” is irrelevant. She did not deserve to be sexually assaulted by her teacher.