Do think bi-polar disorder was ultimately to blame for her molesting a student or do you think she's simply using it as an excuse (especially when her atty already used the "she's too hot for jail" excuse).

I watched her press conference and I really wanted to throw up when one reporter referred to how she has been "villified" in the press. Yes, villified. Had this been a male teacher and a 14 year old girl, it would've been a totally different ballgame. How many people would have claimed that the 14 year old was "lucky" then? She was a bit too damned "woe is me" for a person getting off the hook after she molested this boy.

Do you think it's about time we have stiffer penalties for teachers that sexually abuse the children who are supposed to be able to trust them? It's a real problem. Do a news search anytime with the words "teacher" and "arrested" and there are always fresh stories , such as this http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...0397/1006/NEWS There was a survey done just a couple of years ago and it found that about 1 out of 10 students have been sexually assaulted or harrased by a falculty member at his/her school. Do you think anything short of prison time is appropriate for people who prey on children in school?

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No, I don't think her disorder caused her to molest that boy. I had a client who was bi-polar and did steal money because of her disorder. However, what happened was she was in a manic phase and had begun spending a bunch of money. When she ran out, she conned friends and family into giving her money to invest (she worked for an investment company) They gave her the money directly which she then spent instead of investing. She lost her job, lost her friends and family and has a police record.

The difference here is my client was using the money to fuel her mania. Had she not been manic, she would not have been spending money, hence would not have "needed" to steal. This woman, I can't see where her condition would play into this scenario at all.

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I blame the boy's parent for not letting him testify against the teacher. If a victim isn't willing to testify kind of hard to get the charges to stick. So the state just dropped the charges in that county. She is really only serving for one incident but could have served many more years. But the mom said she didnt want her boy to testify.

I don't think that these people should be treated any differently than any other pervert who preys on children. I also think that pedophiles should be locked up for life anyway....so I guess I don't see her situation any different than the ones on the street...her punishment should be what I stated anyway, regardless of where she worked. I certainly think that the fact that she was in a position of trust was horrible-but she's on the same playing field as the garden variety pervert.

I do think that her disorder is being used as a scapegoat. I do understand that manic-depressives can do some pretty drastic things while in their manic state. I just don't see how molesting a child could be connected to that.

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I wish that I had thought to use the fact that I had bi-polar to get me out of trouble in the past, I don't think that this is an excuse at all. She admitted her guilt and I know that it doesn't work this way but she should be punished just as if a trial had happened and was found guilty. Sorry, this pisses me off.

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she may have, but her ex-husband said she never apologized to him. not very remorseful in my opinion.

There are how many people in this country with that disorder, and far worse ones that are not molesting children, it's not right to excuse criminal activity based on that. Nor was it correct for her lawyer to say basically that she was too pretty to go to jail because people would take advantage of HER... after she has taken advantage of a child.

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jillindelray- I don't think she's the remorseful in the least I was saying that since she's said what's she done, said she's guilty then she should be able to be punished just as if a jury convicted her. I'm not on her side in the least.

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