Teacher Sentenced to 40 Years In Prison After Sex With 14-Year-Old Boy...read the comments

ThePigman · 2012-05-18T05:21:27+00:00

Whoa, whoa there! I don't give a shit what the perpetrator's sex is, 40 years with a minimum of twenty for stat rape is ludicrous. Five years, maybe. Really, this is just another step towards Amerika locking everyone up for everything for the rest of eternity. And hey, once the sheeple get used to sentences this heavy, won't it be easier to bring in castration for rapists? Yes, yes it will.

TracyMorganFreeman · 2012-05-18T05:03:33+00:00

40 years is way too harsh unless it's violent and/or serial, regardless of the sex of the assailant.

TheLadyEve · 2012-05-18T03:43:44+00:00

the average time served by rapists in the U.S. is 5.4 years, so I really think 40 years is nuts. That said, those comments were very apologetic of her actions (which were criminal and, IMO, totally sick). A 14 yo boy or girl can't decide whether or not to be in an "adult" relationship, it just doesn't work that way.

AllNamesAreGone · 2012-05-18T08:31:38+00:00

The highest rated comment right now

I doubt this is traumatizing to the boy.

This comment. This comment is the fucking problem. If it was a girl people would be out for blood.

TheRealPariah · 2012-05-18T07:16:30+00:00

40 years is insane. Prison sentences in this country are out of control.

Dranosh · 2012-05-18T13:19:34+00:00

40 years is pretty over the top. I would have liked 5 years jail time, teaching license revoked(can no longer teach) and wiuld be on the sex offenders list for 10-15 years or something.

2012-05-18T03:19:36+00:00

"I am so sorry, Shannon. I hope that something happens to reduce your sentence, like to zero."

I hope to god that this person is trolling. Im starting to really dislike commenters on the DailyMail website...

tworkman40 · 2012-05-18T02:25:11+00:00

Some of the comments sickened me; the one with the most upvotes suggested that the kid wasn't even bothered by this. But about the sentence...do you agree it was fair or not?

kragmoor · 2012-05-18T17:44:30+00:00

now compare this to the cries for castration when the reverse happens

blitz_omlet · 2012-05-18T06:10:33+00:00

She groomed him since birth for 14 years. That's 14 years of time that she had to step back and think "Hey, let's not commit statutory rape". That's the rationale of the excessive sentence, but I'm not really sure what's fair in this context.

I don't like the idea of considering a person unsaveable, psychologically. Surely you don't need 40 years of rehabilitation before you can learn about how to appropriately relate to children. 40 years is a huge deterring effect, but it's the certainty of the punishment rather than the severity that creates a deterrent effect. It won't really do much unless we take attention and resources away from "stranger in an alley" sexual assault and put it towards "someone the family trusts and knows very well" sexual assault.

a_weed_wizard · 2012-05-18T13:00:17+00:00

the chickens have come home to roost with draconian punishments that were originally doled out to male offenders now being applied to female offenders. only now that a female offender is getting more than what a murderer would receive in sentence do people seem to care

zyk0s · 2012-05-18T15:48:09+00:00

Let's just remember one thing: punishing a sexual crime, for which the only evidence may be the testimony of the victim, more than murder is just inviting sexual criminals to kill their victims after the deed. A judge who does not understand this simple concept should not be allowed to work on criminal cases.

akakaze · 2012-05-18T23:48:20+00:00

Wait, the article confuse me a bit, can someone clear up for me difference between a forty year sentence and the twenty years served that get mentioned in the article?

kittenkat4u · 2012-05-18T06:47:01+00:00

though most of the comments were just sad to me a few people picked up on a good point. it seems like the mother was far more traumatized by the incident than the 14 yr old was. 99% of the article was about how SHE felt betrayed and how it broke HER trust. there was next to no information on just how her son is taking it, about how HE feels betrayed etc. 40 yr seems a bit much for this crime when a lot of rapists practically get slapped on the wrist. i wonder how much of this ladies sentence was because of the mother.

2012-05-18T13:26:23+00:00

I don't statutory rape of a 14 year old of either gender is that big of a deal (as long as they are consenting and intelligent enough to make that decision), but atleast this case makes the law appear to be gender neutral.

Title	Teacher Sentenced to 40 Years In Prison After Sex With 14-Year-Old Boy...read the comments
Author	tworkman40
Upvotes	22
Comments	28
Date	May 18, 2012 2:24 AM UTC (14 years ago)
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