Florida teacher sought castration not prison, gets 12 years A former Florida high school teacher was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing students after the judge ignored his request to be castrated insteadPENSACOLA, Fla. -- A former Florida high school teacher was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing students after the judge ignored his request to be castrated instead. Mark Lua, 32, told Circuit Judge Thomas Dannheisser on Wednesday that he wanted to raise his daughter and would volunteer for castration if that would spare him a prison sentence, the Pensacola News Journal reported. Prosecutors say he sexually assaulted an 18-year-old former student, had sex with an underage student and coerced another to send him a sexually explicit video. Prosecutor Erin Ambrose told the judge Lua targeted vulnerable girls. “He manipulated them, and he betrayed them because he was a teacher.”

Source: ABC News May 21, 2020 13:52 UTC