LIVE: Douglas Anderson teacher guilty of crimes against student expected to be sentenced at hearing

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Clayton’s attorney is arguing for the minimum sentence, a little less than three years in prison, and laid out the reasoning in a memo filed last week. He faces up to 40 years. As part of a plea agreement, a total of seven additional female students were set to testify at Clayton’s sentencing, although the State Attorney’s Office said four of them have decided they will not participate.

Former DA student Shyla Jenkins said this is ironic because Clayton’s power over students’ careers was a tool he wielded to abuse. “I, and many of my fellow alumni find it perplexing, pathetic, and offensive to not only attempt to take responsibility for OUR hard work and accomplishments but to go so far as to use them as cover to excuse his abhorrent and inexcusable behavior,” she wrote.

“I loathe him absolutely for thinking he could use me, even in this small way, to vouch for him,” she wrote. “He shows a clear pattern of this type of behavior, a disregard for the safety of children, a lack of respect for his career, community, family, and common decency. He is sick, he is dangerous, and he should get the maximum sentence available.”

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