Ex- Redlands teacher Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst convicted of having sex with 3 of her student inexplicably released from jail early

Her initial one year sentence was a joke to begin with.  But, now she gets out even earlier.  This is ridiculous! 

LA Timesreports a former Redlands schoolteacher convicted of having sex with three of her students, and who gave birth to a child fathered by one of the teens, has been released from San Bernardino County jail after serving six months of her one-year sentence.

Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst, 29, was released Jan.5, according to jail records. In addition to wearing a GPS monitor, Whitehurst is required to register as a sex offender. Whitehurst was sentenced under a plea deal reached with the San Bernardino district attorney's office that resulted in her 41 felony charges reduced to six. She had faced up to 29 years in prison.

Whitehurst must remain on probation for five years and undergo counseling. If she violates the terms of probation, she could spend more than six years in prison.

After Whitehurst was arrested in July 2013, she pleaded guilty to engaging in sex acts with three boys while teaching at Citrus Valley and Redlands high schools. She also pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and two counts of oral copulation of a person under 18.

San Bernardino County Judge Arthur Harrison agreed to the plea despite objections from the victims and their families. The father of Whitehurst's child, who was 16 at the time, asked Harrison to reject the deal, saying he had been subject to manipulation and countless sexual assaults.

"Physically, I feel sick to my stomach thinking about the manipulation I was subjected to," said the teen father of her child. "Physically sick that I was not the only victim. Physically sick that I am one of the very few here today putting a voice and face to the destruction Ms. Whitehurst has caused.

"And physically sick that Ms. Whitehurst is facing minimal consequences for her stomach-turning violations of me and other boys," he continued.

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Our society doesn’t take this crime seriously and it’s a huge mistake.