View source for Teachers have the right to sleep with their students, Alabama judge rules

An Alabama law barring teachers from having sex with their students was ruled unconstitutional Thursday by a state judge who also dismissed charges against two instructors who were facing 20 years behind bars for sleeping with students. [...]<br>
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Under state law, school employees "engaging in a sex act or deviant sexual intercourse with a student," even if consensual, face not only possible jail time but also a lifetime on the sex offender registry. [Carrie] Witt was accused of sleeping with two students, aged 17 and 18, respectively. [David] Solomon was accused of having sex with a 17-year-old. But their lawyers argued that Alabama's law - passed in 2010 - violates teachers' equal protection rights guaranteed under the 14th Amendment, because it treats educators differently under the law than other citizens. [...]<br>
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Prosecutors plan to appeal Thompson's ruling, local media reported, and next stop for the case will likely be the Alabama Criminal Court of Appeals.<br>
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<i>source: Article 'Teachers have the right to sleep with their students, Alabama judge rules' by Tess Owen; news.vice.com/story/teachers-have-the-right-to-sleep-with-their-students-alabama-judge-rules?utm_source=dmfb; VICE News; 11 August 2017</i>

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