I couldn't find any links to the story (that worked) in this thread, so I googled it and these are what I found.. I will quote the shorter of the two;
Here's the first link, quoted below:
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...e/13237598.htm
Quote:
Posted on Wed, Nov. 23, 2005
TAMPA
Teacher pleads guilty
TAMPA-- (AP) -- A female teacher pleaded guilty Tuesday to having sex with a 14-year-old student, avoiding prison as part of a plea agreement.
Debra Lafave, 25, whose sensational case made tabloid headlines, will serve three years of house arrest and seven years' probation. She pleaded guilty to two counts of lewd and lascivious battery.
The former Greco Middle School reading teacher apologized during the hearing, saying ``I accept full responsibility for my actions.''
The boy told investigators the two had sex in a classroom at the school in Temple Terrace near Tampa, in her Riverview town house and once in a vehicle while his 15-year-old cousin drove them around Marion County.
The boy told investigators Lafave told him her marriage was in trouble and that she was aroused by the fact that having sex with him was not allowed. He said he and Lafave, a newlywed at the time, got to know each other on their way back from a class trip to Orlando in May 2004.
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And, here is the other link:
http://www.tampatrib.com/MGBL1FT6DGE.html
I think the sentence was BS. Were she actually a man and had been convicted of doing the same thing with a 14 yr old girl, she'd be going to prison, period. Yet, with her guilty plea she got probation. Complete BS IMPO. In the second article it details her punishment, and it still seems light to me.
One other small detail that I have not seen addressed is that she was still a newlywed at the time she started fooling around with the 14 yr old boy. WTF?? She said her marriage was in trouble and she was aroused by the fact that having sex with the boy was not allowed. That's pretty sad... I feel bad for her husband.
I just thought I would throw in a couple links for those who have not read about this, and of course to throw in my 2 cents.