Teacher Gets 3 Years in Prison for Sex with 7 Students

Former Tipton County teacher Cindy Clifton pleaded guilty to several counts of rape Thursday afternoon.

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JayHobeSound - 8/2/2012 4:30 AM
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Hope other defense attorneys in the region are taking notice of the results of this case so that going forward other defendants - male and female defendants - with over a dozen similar charges are handed a generous sentence as well. The jury decided and the judge has decided, other judges should impose similar length of sentence for similar charges.

SteveTapp - 7/19/2012 2:38 PM
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Joy, the sentence is a bit confusing as reported. You can ask for a copy of the Tennessee uniform sentencing document from the Clerk of (Circuit; they don't have separate Criminal) Court and scan it for this kind of report. Here's what it looks like: http://www.tncourts.gov/node/743712 Here's the number: Circuit Court Clerk; Mike Forbess; 1801 S. College, Suite 102; Covington, TN 38019; 901-475-3310

gulf9191 - 7/18/2012 10:01 AM
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Justice....LOL 7 counts of rape and only 3 years? Obvious discrimination based on the offenders sex....

ReligionStinks - 7/16/2012 9:44 AM
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What happened to the good old days when a teacher could give a bj to a student? Yeah I'm sure she was forcing these students to unzip. Right.

brownsugar48tc - 7/13/2012 5:59 PM
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This is a load of bullcrap. She only gets 3 years for 7 counts of rape,are you freakin serious. If it had been a male a black one at that. He would gotten at at least 45+ years and not the possibility of parole. #LAW FULL OF BULLS***

UnoHoo - 7/13/2012 4:58 PM
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Yes, that slap on the wrist will certailny serve as a deterrent. Was she a teacher at a school for the blind....?!?!

Frayserboi - 7/13/2012 2:54 PM
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And that boy, Ballin, gets a new Mercedes.......sigh....

johncray - 7/13/2012 7:33 AM
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Oh my God

deb8srgr8t - 7/13/2012 2:15 AM
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I have to concur with you on that note. Not only would he have gotten 30+ years and that would have been for only 1 person., and then that woman of ill-repute gets 3 years for 7 counts. There is something seriously wrong with the Judges in Shelby County Tn. Then again Gibbons, Nichols and Fratesi have made it very clear in anotehr article to the commercial appeal that they intend on charging "EVERYONE" involved in these types of crimes, they just failed to mention that if your a man or a juvenile you probably wont see the light of day again in your life.

PhoenixNative - 7/13/2012 12:20 AM
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If she had been a male teacher doing this, he would be in prison for at least 30 years with no chance of parole and she serves only 3 years.
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