A sixth grade teacher was found and apprehended in Mexico. She was pursued because she was with one of her students. Now comes the determination of how this matter will be handled by the legal system:

“LEXINGTON, Neb. - A female teacher was in FBI custody yesterday as federal and local prosecutors sought to determine how they would handle charges alleging that she ran away with a 13-year-old boy, taking him across the border into Mexico.”

link: Teacher arrested in Mexico

Would there be any question or hesitancy if the teacher had been a male and the student a female? There seems to be a degree of unwillingness to apply the full extent of the law because the adult is a female. The activity is criminal. Sexual predators can be female. There should be no question whatsoever about what the criminal charges should be.

Catherine Forsythe
Director of Operations
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Tags: teacher, crime, schools, students, prosecution