And the double-standard of sentencing sex offenders
Debra Lafave, 25, pled guilty to having sex with one of her 14 year-old male students. At her home, in their classroom, and once in a car.
The young, blonde-haired, blue-eyed teacher — who is often described as “hot” in most news stories — was slapped on the wrist and sentenced to 3 years house arrest and 7 years of probation.
Interestingly, her defense lawyer’s excuse as to why Mrs. LaFave (soon to be the ex-Ms. Lafave, I would assume) would not accept a jail sentence as part of any plea:
Fitzgibbons said in July that plea negotiations had broken off because prosecutors insisted on prison time, which he said would be too dangerous for someone as attractive as Lafave.
Considering that I am a lot more attractive than Mrs. Lafave, I think if I ever get arrested I’m going to try this line of defense myself.
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But seriously, the most troubling part of this story (other than the part where an adult, in a position of authority over children, abused her power and repeatedly raped one of them), is the double-standard applied to her because she is a woman. And more so because she was a “hot” woman. I mean, come on—the boy probably not only was asking for it, hell, he was probably praying for it.
The fact that Lafave got only house arrest, and the fact the MSM is so reluctant to use the R(ape) word makes one wonder about the twisted double-standard applied to women who rape children and men who rape children.
Reverse the situation: what if a young male teacher repeatedly had sex with a 14-year-old female student in his classroom, in his house, and in his car while her 15-year-old cousin was driving? How many years of prison do you think he would serve? Any chance in hell he simply gets house arrest (without electronic monitoring, to boot)?
linked at The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns and The Political Teen





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Left by Political Satire Fake News - The Nose On Your Face on November 25th, 2005 at 9:15 pm