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Teacher Sentenced to Prison After Having Sex with 2 Students, Then Claiming She Had Right to Do So (msn.com)
An Alabama teacher who claimed it was her constitutional right to have sex with two students has been sentenced to state prison.
She's 48, they were 17 and 18.
After her arrest, Witt's attorneys argued that she had a constitutional right to have sex with the students. Under Alabama law, anyone over 16 without a specified infirmity is capable of consenting to sex.
Her attorneys argued in court filings that state statutes which prohibit a school employee from having sex with a student are unconstitutional. They argued that there are other laws to protect people who are incapable of consent because of age, mental impairment, physical incapacity and in cases of coercion or fraud — but that none of those stipulations applied in the case.
According to the newspaper, on Thursday, one of the victims testified that he didn't agree with the law that prohibits teachers and school employees from having sex with students.
"The crime doesn't fit the punishment," he said, calling the sex consensual.
An Alabama teacher who claimed it was her constitutional right to have sex with two students has been sentenced to state prison.
She's 48, they were 17 and 18.
After her arrest, Witt's attorneys argued that she had a constitutional right to have sex with the students. Under Alabama law, anyone over 16 without a specified infirmity is capable of consenting to sex.
Her attorneys argued in court filings that state statutes which prohibit a school employee from having sex with a student are unconstitutional. They argued that there are other laws to protect people who are incapable of consent because of age, mental impairment, physical incapacity and in cases of coercion or fraud — but that none of those stipulations applied in the case.
According to the newspaper, on Thursday, one of the victims testified that he didn't agree with the law that prohibits teachers and school employees from having sex with students.
"The crime doesn't fit the punishment," he said, calling the sex consensual.
