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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had Mr Shipley as a teacher back in 2003-04 for AP Euro.  A serviceable teacher, not great but not bad either.  Definitely favored the girls.  When I found out it was him, can't say I was too surprised.

I have learned how little anything changes in Bethesda among the elite from my youth.  This is a 48 year old ivy league educated (Penn) guy, who lives in a million dollar Georgetown house on a teachers salary, grew up in a house on the ocean outside Boston engaging in devious behavior thinking they will get away with it.

I hope I am wrong, but I got a feeling that Shipley and his money will get him a slap on the wrist.[/quote]

Even the worst case scenario for him he’ll be out in 3 yrs.

I’m Guessing he gets 18 months.[/quote]

Sentencing guidelines in the District of Columbia call for up to ten years.  Assuming no more girls come out of the woodwork, I agree with the poster quoted, I think his wealth and privilege gets him 18 months.  It is sad because if a less well to do Whitman teacher/coach did the same thing, they would be facing a much worse sentence.  Want proof of money and privilege getting slaps on the wrist, look up the case of the Whitman students who "robbed" the Smoothie King in 2006/07.  In a nutshell, a football player and his friends did an inside job, they were charged with armed robbery but because the father knew judges in Rockville, they were able to plea it down to 3 nights in jail or something like that.

I don't get it here.  Why would a decent looking guy with a stable job and money throw it all away thinking he could get away with something you simply aren't going to get away with?  I am not going to be an armchair psychologist here but there must be more going on.  It's like shooting the queen or president in a crowd, you can do the deed but you aren't getting away.  I understand it in a way, there's a power trip here going after teenage girls, but at the same time was it worth it to him?  [/quote]

The security guard at RM got 20 years all suspended but 18 months. So no it has nothing to do with wealth. It’s because judges don’t value the impact this has on young girls.[/quote]

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