I posted a few weeks ago about Jennifer Lafave, the Florida teacher who raped one of her 14-year-old students but got herself a plea agreement using the defense that she's too pretty to go to prison.

Needless to say, that plea deal was a load of bull. The prosecutors in that case should have been ashamed.

Fortunately, one of the judges in the case agreed. The plea deal's been tossed and Lafave will rightfully face trial. She deserves to spend a long time in prison for her blatant abuse of power and the long-term negative repurcussions that will follow her former student for many years.

It's not over yet. The judge set a new trial date for April, but the prosecutors and defense are working on another deal. Is this just wreckless incompetence on the part of the Florida State Attorney's Office, or do Floridians just not care about child rape when the child is a boy?

This graf is telling:

Defense attorney John Fitzgibbons said the judge indicated he wanted to hear expert information about a trial’s potential impact on the two boys.

It's reassuring that the judge is going down this path, but it opens the floodgates for the defense to play the same victim-blaming, obfuscating games that defense attorneys always play.

I sure hope there are some competent rape crisis centers in Florida who can accurately and compellingly and unwaveringly testify to the judge's query. The prosecuting agencies there have so far proven ineffective at advocating for rape victims who are adolescent boys.