Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Another Case of Justice for Statutory Rape

So another teacher who commits statutory rape gets off with virtually no punishment.

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.
I've been watching the arguments about this on the news and I'm continually surprised that the female lawyers in the argument continually make out that there really wasn't any crime here. No one was really hurt, so no crime. Funny that such a double standard so easily comes out so easily.

The sentencing is a joke. She could have seen 15 years, but she was given a plea deal that let her off with a slap on the wrist. If this had been a male teacher and a 14 year old girl, do you honestly think he wouldn't have seen many years in prison?


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