Sad thing is, she's really not that bad looking. Typically when you hear about cases like this, it's some old hag who hasn't had any in years preying on some young boy who'll get it anywhere he can. While not model material, I have a hard time believing that this woman couldn't have picked up some decent guy her own age. What a sick, sick woman.
It would seem that if this boy and teacher have been together 50 times and he is still enjoying himself, that he is not much of a victim at all. The hypocracy of threatening to put a woman in jail for fifty years for sleeping with the kid while they themselves are threatening to put him in jail for 12 is amazing. So far the only victims I see are these two people being tyrannized by the state for enjoying each other. To the extent that her behavior is unacceptable professionally, perhaps she should be fired. If she is cheating on her husband, she is an adulterer. Last I checked, these were both civil infractions, not crimes. So what if she's older than him. They are obviously quite physically compatable. I see no crime. This whole notion that a seventeen year old is assaulted when he gets lucky with a 31 year old is absurd. A seventeen year old will screw anything. Will we start putting inanimate objects in jail and referring to him as a victim of those inanimate objects?
When he is raped and killed in jail is when a crime will have been committed. Putting her away for fifty years will also be a tragedy.
I read a story about a couple in wisconsin. The boy was nineteen and the girl was seventeen. When the girl got pregnant, they went to city hall to get a marriage licsense. The boy was prosecuted for a felony and put in prison. The boy was never allowed to see his child except under supervision and must register as a sex offender wherever he lives for the rest of his life. That is a crime. It is often said that the Virgin Mary was a young teenager. Shall we indict The Lord?