If this were a guy...

Debra Lafave was arrested for having sex with a 14-year old student of hers while working at the Greco Middle School in Florida.

If just remember this question throughout this post: Would this happen if the teacher were a man?

The initial plea was going to be Not Guilty by reason of insanity. That went relatively quietly under the radar. Would this happen if the teacher were a man?

A couple of weeks ago her lawyer begged the court to not send her to jail. OK, that would happen regardless of gender. But under these grounds:

She's accused of having sex with a 14-year old student, but her lawyer argues prison isn't the place for her.

"To place an attractive young woman into that kind of hellhole is like putting a piece of raw meat in with the lions. I am not sure that Debbie would be able to survive," John Fitzgibbons recently told Action News.

Would this happen if the teacher were a man?

As ridiculous as that request sounds it paid off today.

Before she could plead not guilty by reason of insanity to charges she committed lewd or lascivious battery on a teenager, Debra Lafave has pleaded guilty.

But, she will not go to prison.

The former Greco Middle School teacher, accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy, came to a plea agreement with prosecutors Tuesday.

As part of the agreement, Lafave, 25, will serve three years community control, and seven years probation.

Would this happen if the teacher were a man?

But wait...she at least will have to register as a sex offender.

What horrible justice!