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Former New Jersey teacher pleads guilty in case involving former 13-year-old student

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Covered by 3 outlets, all right-leaning.

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Breitbart News, the New York Post and the Daily Mail report that Laura Caron, 36, a former elementary school teacher in Cape May Court House, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to second-degree endangering the welfare of a child with sexual conduct. The outlets say Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland announced the plea in a statement and that Caron could still face five years in prison at sentencing. The outlets report that she gave birth in 2019 to a child fathered by her former student, who was 13 at the time. The former student has defended the relationship and wanted the charges dropped, according to the outlets.

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Laura Caron, 36, a former teacher in New Jersey, pleaded guilty to second-degree endangering the welfare of a child with sexual conduct.
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Daily Mail, New York Post
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Breitbart News
Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland announced the plea.
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Caron faces up to five years in prison under the plea agreement, with sentencing still to come.
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New York Post
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Breitbart News
Caron gave birth in 2019 to a child fathered by her former student, who was 13 at the time.
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Daily Mail, New York Post
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Breitbart News
The former student has defended the relationship and wanted the charges dropped, according to his account.
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New York Post
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Breitbart News

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Did the former student start the relationship?
Breitbart reports that the former student says he started the relationship and wanted the charges dropped. Breitbart also reports that prosecutors allege Caron had inappropriate sexual relations with him from when he was 11 in 2016 until he was 15.

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Right-side outlets report that Laura Caron pleaded guilty to endangering a child in a case where the former student defends the relationship, with headlines foregrounding the teacher's age and his support for her.

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3 outlets
Right-side headlines lead with the teacher's age or the baby born from the relationship, and the former student's defense of her, with the Breitbart headline placing the victim's stance in the same line as the guilty plea.
NJ teacher who had baby with 13-year-old student pleads guilty — despite victim defending her
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just five yearsshockinginsistscreepy

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just five yearsMore neutral: faces up to five years
The word “just” signals that the sentence is too lenient, a judgement the facts reported in the article do not establish.
Female teacher, 36, is jailed for just five years after she admitted giving birth to 13-year-old student's child
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shockingMore neutral: the case
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…birth to a child fathered by her underage former student has pleaded guilty in the shocking sex abuse case — even as the victim insists he initiated the relationship and wants…
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insistsMore neutral: says
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…student has pleaded guilty in the shocking sex abuse case — even as the victim insists he initiated the relationship and wants her charges dropped.
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creepyMore neutral: former
The adjective attaches a judgement of character to the former teacher that the reported facts do not state.
The creepy ex-educator faces five years in state prison under a plea agreement.
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Teacher's age and guilty plea
Baby born from the relationship
Former student defends her

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Breitbart NewsFar Right
Teacher Who Had Baby with Student, 13, Pleads Guilty as Her Victim Defends the Relationship
A former elementary school teacher who gave birth to a child fathered by her underage ex-student has pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct charges -- while her victim claimed he started the relationship and wanted her charges dropped.
6 hr agoRead at Breitbart News (opens in a new tab)
New York PostRight
NJ teacher who had baby with 13-year-old student pleads guilty — despite victim defending her
Former South Jersey teacher Laura Caron pleaded guilty to second degree endangering the welfare of a child with sexual conduct on Oct. 28, which carries a sentence of five years in prison. The child is now five and the student/father has defended her actions.
1 day agoRead at New York Post (opens in a new tab)
Daily MailRight
Female teacher, 36, is jailed for Loaded modifier“just five years”The word “just” signals that the sentence is too lenient, a judgement the facts reported in the article do not establish.More neutral: faces up to five yearsDisagree with this highlight? after she admitted giving birth to 13-year-old student's child
Laura Caron, 36, pled guilty to having sex with a teenage student and bearing his child in a New Jersey courtroom on Wednesday.
1 day agoRead at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)

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Daily Mail, Oct 31, 9:17 AM EDT

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Daily MailRightOct 31, 9:17 AM EDT
New York PostRightOct 31, 11:24 AM EDT
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Former New Jersey teacher pleads guilty in case involving former 13-year-old student

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Teacher Who Had Baby with Student, 13, Pleads Guilty as Her Victim Defends the Relationship

NJ teacher who had baby with 13-year-old student pleads guilty — despite victim defending her

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