High school teacher gets 5 years after group-sex with students

[noname2200]

sperrico87 said:

noname2200 said:

sperrico87 said:
I don't understand the law at all. Especially when the dudes involved with her were clearly alright with it. She shouldn't face any more legal penalties than if she was having group sex with 5 people and she was a stripper.

The law's rationale is quite simple. Teachers, particularly those who teach young people, have a high degree of power and influence over their pupils. This law is intended to shield said pupils. Your example of the stripper doesn't really apply.

The best of intentions usually make the worst kind of laws.  Ever heard of the War on Drugs or Prohibition? 

The students involved with her were 18+ and more than capable of making their own decisions.  Don't be the type of busy body person who pushes your opinions on others by making unnecessary laws. 

By that line of rhetoric, are only laws passed with the worst intentions ever good?

Perhaps you do understand the law's rationale after all, and merely did a terrible job of expressing your disapproval of it? Your example is certainly poor, seeing as how you analogized the relationship between a group of high school students and their teacher to a relationship between a professional and her clientele (bonus points: the person who's approval is sought by the other party is precisely the opposite in these two situations). That led me to try to explain the law.
 My apologies if I mistook your outrage for honest confusion. Rest assured, my busy body will stop pushing any attempts at unnecessary discussion with you.

 

As an aside, I also don't believe this behavior warrants jail time, at least not without a showing of actual coercion. Unethical and illegal behavior are different, after all. This concludes my post.