Kelsey Peterson, 26, a former teacher pleaded guilty on Wednesday for fleeing to Mexico with a 13 year old student so she could have sex with him.
Seems she has taken a plea. WTF, why would we allow someone on these charges to take a plea? She violated the law with a minor and should not be allowed to take any plea.
In her plea she will get to spend less than a decade in federal prison.
Now I wonder if this was a male teacher if there would even be a plea.
Peterson cried in court and shook her head when the prosecutor said she started having sex with the boy when he was 12 years old and a student at the school where she taught.
Of course we have to wonder if she cried for remorse of her crimes or the fact that she got caught. As they tell each other they love one another as she was arrested it makes one wonder if she could have the ability to determine she has done anything wrong.
Peterson, a former math teacher, pleaded guilty to a charge of transporting a minor across state lines to have sex. She was some how able to avoid a similar charge that would have carried a mandatory 10 year sentence.
The plea agreement calls for a sentence of at least 70 months in prison, up to a maximum of 87 months. The judge could decide on a different sentence, but that would give Peterson the right to change her plea, said federal prosecutor Jan Sharp. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for September.
Her family burst out of the court room Wednesday shouting at reporters, telling them to "ask (the victim) how old he is," and saying Peterson is being unjustly accused.
Peterson's attorney, James Martin Davis, has publicly questioned the boy's birth certificate. Davis said the boy was likely at least 16, and that he was the aggressor.
Amy Peck, an attorney for the boy and his family, said that suggestion was disgusting.
"He was a 12-year-old boy and the defendant knew it," Peck said Wednesday.
Peterson taught the boy during the 2005 to 2006 school year and then started having sex with him in November 2006, according to court documents.
The pair disappeared in October, soon after the district's superintendent confronted Peterson about allegations of an inappropriate relationship with the boy, then 13.
She was arrested a week later in Mexicali, Mexico.
Now why would we have the 14 year old on ABC’s show, Good Morning America? Is there actually something new worthy of this type of crime? Headlines or TV talk shows should report teacher arrested and in court she received the maximum penalty possible.
In an interview to be aired Thursday on ABC's "Good Morning America," the boy, who is now 14, said Peterson cried and told him she loved him when they were discovered by authorities in Mexico.
He said he told Peterson he loved her, too. He's now living in Nebraska with his parents, although his attorney wouldn't say where.
Thank God the charges on the state level will stand. She still faces charges which will include kidnapping and first degree sexual assault.
The attorney for Peterson said he hopes these charges would be dropped. WTF? Why would he hope any charges would be dropped?
The County attorney said there are no plans to drop the state charges.
Peterson likely won't be brought back to Dawson County to face state charges until after the federal sentencing.
The boy was an illegal immigrant in the United States when he left with Peterson. He's now back in Nebraska temporarily after being granted humanitarian parole by the Department of Homeland Security. There are plans to ask the U.S. attorney's office for a visa that could put the boy and his parents on the path to citizenship.
The "U" visa is designed for victims of certain crimes and their families and needs the backing of someone involved with prosecuting, investigating or judging the case.
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