Female teacher gets no jail after having sex with a 15-year-old boy

Submitted by Mastodon on Mon, 2013-02-25 19:05

Article here. Excerpt:

'A female teacher from West Orange, Erica DePalo admitted having sex with a 15-year-old male student, and was sentenced to probation with no jail time. Superintendent James O’Neill calls the leniency outrageous.

I’m working on a story about this, and want to know what people think. Would a male teacher having sex with a 15-year-old girl be treated differently? Is there a difference?

Prosecutors say the family was satisified with this sentence. Is that because they feel the boy was not damaged? Or maybe that he was traumatized and wanted to avoid testifying in court? Not clear yet.'

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