Posted on 12/11/2013 6:24:41 AM PST by Sam's Army
Calling her "a parent's worst nightmare," a judge sentenced former Hillsborough County schoolteacher Ethel Anderson to 38 years in prison Monday for performing oral sex and other lewd acts on a 12-year-old boy she tutored on weekends.
Circuit Judge Chet Tharpe's severe punishment of Anderson seemed designed to send a message in a county that has attracted disproportionate attention for sex scandals involving female educators. The most notorious of them, Debra Lafave, managed to avoid incarceration completely after pleading guilty to sex with a 14-year-old boy.
"There are those that believe that nothing's wrong if the defendant is a woman and the victim is a male," Tharpe said Monday. "This court does not recognize gender. If it's proven, as an adult, that you had sex with a child, you can expect to go to prison."
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Is there a female mantis law?
Chet Tharpe is a HARD ASS JUDGE! He’s one of the most ruthless judges in Florida and has a reputation to back it up. He has a tendency to completely dress down the people in his court room, and he’s feared by criminals around the Bay area.
Keep an eye on Chet Tharpe. If he ever runs for office, you can bet your bottom dollar he’ll be a Republican contender.
Nobody should argue with a woman named Bigg Red!
I’m as guilty of the “not guilty” thing as anybody. That said, I find the idea of the victim being 12 WAY out of the realm of being funny, at all. But 38 years? Just damn.
At least one Judge in this country still has his head screwed-on straight.
OK, I don’t condone this behavior from the teacher, but 38 years? Some murderers don’t get 38 year sentences. She will get her sentence overturned because it’s excessive.
You only beat the pervert brigade by one post.
“”It’s always the same: ‘When is my mommy coming home?’ “
Well, Gramps has an answer for that question now...
38 years.
We met last night making love by the refrigerator light
Ethyl Ethyl let me squeeze you in my arms
I thought they banned her in the eighties?
Oh look. Another pervert.
Did the kid’s grades improve? /S
In all fairness, some research needs to be done to discover some facts about what appears to be recent phenomena of teachers molesting their students.
1) Since such molestation is known to have existed even in ancient times, a baseline needs to be established of what is the “typical” amount of molestation that happens.
2) This will also help to establish if there is more happening now than used to happen in times where it was handled administratively rather than criminally.
3) The hard part will be the development of a psychological profile of a teacher who molests. While it is unlikely that a profile will be clear enough so that such potential teachers are not hired, if a given teacher is showing a greater than average possibility, then steps can be taken to mitigate the possibility. Such as a student interaction “surety” program, in which there are always two teachers present for student interaction outside of normal class time.
Her parents were chemists.
Her sisters are Methyl and Propyl.
“If I were the defense attorney, I’d put the boy on the stand and ask one question: Have you ever masturbated to the memory of having sex with your female teacher?” - Adam Carolla
A little dose of NOT GUILTY should cure that...
The most notorious of them, Debra Lafave, managed to avoid incarceration completely
Nobody should argue with a woman named Bigg Red!
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Tell that to the husband!
Yeah, 38 years does seem awfully long. I don’t know exactly how these legal maneuverings work, but I am betting she does not serve more than 2 years.
Damn, if my Little Elvis saw that, he’d not only shrivel up, he’d crawl right back into my body!
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