Comments on: Former Band Director Gets Three Years For Sex Acts With Students

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:03:25 +0000

I read somewhere he will be on the sex offender registry for the rest of his life and will have no contact with minors other than his children. He also can’t teach at another school ever again.

He only got five years probation? There was a guy in Texas who spoke with an 18-year-old girl on MySpace, but turned out to be 11 years old. He got 10 years probation and 20 years on the registry.

Justice is blind.

By: bobbie hobbs

bobbie hobbs — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:37:13 +0000

yes the law says that any sentence of less than one year and one day can be served in a county jail, but any more than one year and one day will be served in a state prison. someone may need to check on just why this predator is being allowed to serve in the COMFORT of the county jail instead of prison where he should be…

By: Dennis HE Wiggins

Dennis HE Wiggins — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 17:13:52 +0000

@ Otto ~ I don’t know who the prosecutor assigned to this case was. I DO know, though, that if it was the District Attorney, Steve Billy, and he felt there was a need to recuse himself, he would have. The County has assistant prosecutors who are just as capable of prosecuting the case as Mr. Billy. (As a matter of fact, if memory serves me correctly, Judge White served as assistant D.A. at one time.) I feel the same way about the Assistant District Attorneys – if it was assigned to one of them, and he knew it was a “conflict of interest,” he would have recused himself.

I am curious, though, why he is spending three years in the county jail. As I understand the laws of Alabama, a sentence of that length should be served in a State correctional institutional facility. Maybe the prisons are too crowded, or maybe it has to do with Alabama’s new “point system.” Seems odd, though.

By: Otto

Otto — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 15:08:06 +0000

Part of the problem is that many people in Brewton proper are more worried about the school, T.R. Miller, and its athletic programs than the victims. This is an easy way for things to “quiet down”. The D.A.’s daughter was student at the school during the time period that this occurred. It seem like this would have been enough for him to recuse himself from the case. The best thing that could have happened was to bring in an independent prosecutor to make sure that everything was impartial as possible.

By: 2720 new york

2720 new york — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 14:38:20 +0000

SAD JUST SAD! I agree with Marshall Law. If that were my child things would have ended way different for this sicko.

By: Just saying

Just saying — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 03:12:23 +0000

This was a plea bargain. The judge could accept or reject the plea.

If the DA who knows all the good and bad about a case is making a recommendation do you really want a judge who doesn’t know any evidence to reject a plea offer.

And for those who want a greater sentence. Do you know the case better than the prosecutor? Would you want your daughter to ruin her college years with a very public trial??

Plea bargains are just that bargains. You trade some good with some bad.

By: Ridiculous

Ridiculous — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 02:11:42 +0000

Absolutely Crazy. If They Agreed And Knew What Was Happening The He Shouldnt Have Jail Time. They Knew What Was Happening.

By: blueeagle

blueeagle — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 21:08:40 +0000

I went to Neal. I know who the victims of this crime were. I felt so sick when I learned what he did. I also learned a sickening story that makes me hate T.R. Miller. One of the victims told the school years ago but since she had no proof she was not believed and her parents did not believe her either and Mr. Gayness actually told the band what was going on saying that she was spreading rumors about him trying to get him fired.

By: Marshall law

Marshall law — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 20:04:56 +0000

This guy obviously chose his victims wisely! If one of the girls were my daughter trial would not be necessary

By: traumaqueen

traumaqueen — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 19:33:55 +0000

@ correct what?

I can’t believe the punishment for a crime that will affect the victims for the rest of their lives. Victims being raped by a predator and then again by the judicial system. Sad…