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The Washington Post defends teachers having sex with students

When I saw a Washington Post  article entitled "The unintended consequences of laws addressing sex between teachers and students," a WTF expression came across my face and I couldn't help but read it. The article was written by former attorney Betsy Karasik and prompted by a recent case where former Montana high school teacher Stacey Dean Rambold was sentenced to just 30 days in jail after he pled guilty to raping then 14-year old Cherice Morales, who committed suicide at the age of 16. After briefly going over the controversial ruling made by Judge G. Todd Baugh, Karasik said this: "...I don't believe that all sexual conduct between underage students and teachers should necessarily be classified as rape, and I believe that absent extenuating circumstances, consensual sexual activity between teachers and students should not be criminalized..." Later in the article, she wrote the following: "I've been a 14-year-old girl, and so have all of ...