profit and often blows things out of proportion in order to make a better story. The media coverage of Debra Lafave’s case is a perfect example. The mass media not only hindered the court in leading a fair trial, exposing the teenager at the center of the case by publishing his photo and name in European newspapers, it also allowed the offender to receive a lighter sentence. The crime that Debra Lafave committed, having sexual intercourse with a minor, who was also one of her students, is deviant not
Debra Lafave Debra Lafave, who also is known as Debra Jean Beasley, was former school teacher at Angelo L Greco Middle School, which is located in Temple Terrace, Florida. She made headline news when she crossed the line of teacher to sex offender after it came to light that she was having a sexual relationship with one of her students who was fourteen-years-old. At the time this occurred, Debra was twenty-four and married. She was charged with lewd or lascivious battery on a minor. Now why would
Night of the Lion One dark night Jim, Jake, and their little brother Adam decided to stay home to watch the Haley’s Comet fly over. The news stations had been airing story, after story about the rarity of the comet’s pass over the sky’s and it seemed to them that to not watch it would be completely stupid. Little did they know that this night was not going to be a fun filled night instead the worst night of their lives. Jim and Jake are 18 year-old fraternal twins that were inseparable and loved
Who Shot Johnny? As humans we strive to live in a utopian environment, free of elements of aggression, greed, and violence. Most of us try to live a healthy and satisfying life, gaining from opportunities that we have sought and worked hard for. We take life as it comes, and we accept the challenges and difficulties that life puts out as we continue on no matter how hard it gets. However, there are a multitude of people who tend to think that life is just too hard and that they should be handed
becoming more and more common. These actions of a 38 year old women are just unacceptable particularly, coming from a teacher to her student. Debra LaFave, age 37, a Caucasian middle school teacher in Florida, Notorious for her platinum blonde hair, wide blue eyes, and her attorney's suggestion that putting her in prison would be like throwing meat to the lions, Lafave became a source of public fascination. She faced up to 30 years in prison, but because her teenage victim's family wanted to avoid a trial
This episode often left me, at times, in complete shock. As mentioned in the podcast, when I thought of female predators, the image of teachers came to mind like Mary Kay Letourneau and Debra LaFave who had engaged in solo sexual relationships with young male middle school students. I was completely unaware that the vast majority of female offenders commit sexual crimes with a male partner. Upon reflection, this co-offending relationship is