A few excerpts from the article on this case:
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A former Musselman High School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old male student last year pleaded guilty on Thursday in circuit court to one count of sexual abuse by a person of trust.
Stephanie Jo Walters, 28, of Hedgesville, W.Va., is scheduled to be sentenced on June 28 by 23rd Judicial Circuit Judge Gina M. Groh, who “reluctantly” accepted a binding plea agreement in an emotion-filled hearing.
At the onset of Thursday’s hearing, Groh indicated that she was not going to accept the plea because Walters did not appear to take full responsibility for her actions based on a letter the court had received.
Groh said Walters made statements in a letter to the court indicating Walters did not accept full responsibility for her actions, didn’t believe she needed treatment and also lashed out at Berkeley County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Gregory Jones for being unfair to her.
“This is the worst response from a defendant (that wants probation) I believe that I have ever seen,” Groh said.
It is never a good sign when they blame others and refuse to take responsibility for their actions. And there was this piece about the teen:
Before his encounter with Walters in a janitor’s closet at the school last year, “he was totally a different child” who had lots of friends and was outgoing, the woman told Groh from the courtroom gallery.
Now, he just goes into his room, and his adoptive grandmother said she struggles to get him to go out and do anything. - Read the entire article here
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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"“This is the worst response from a defendant (that wants probation) I believe that I have ever seen,” Groh said. "
Good. She needs to die in prison. People need to see these women going to jail, not getting probabtion. maybe that will chip a hole in their wall of denial.
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