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District Attorney for DeSoto County in Mississippi Matthew Barton has called for the resignation of a local school official and slammed what he sees as gender bias after Lindsey Whiteside, a former youth minister with Getwell Church in Hernando, Mississippi, was sentenced to just three years of house arrest and seven years of additional probation after she pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse.
"We, as the state of Mississippi and on behalf of the victim, requested the maximum sentence, which is 30 years, and I don't mind just saying it frankly — I'm extremely disappointed," Barton said during a press conference last Monday,calling the sentence "an absolute abomination of justice."
Court documents cited by Action News 5allege that Whiteside, now 27, knowingly had sex with an underage girl under her guardianship between May 14 and Nov. 6, 2024.
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"We, as the state of Mississippi and on behalf of the victim, requested the maximum sentence, which is 30 years, and I don't mind just saying it frankly — I'm extremely disappointed," Barton said during a press conference last Monday,calling the sentence "an absolute abomination of justice."
Court documents cited by Action News 5allege that Whiteside, now 27, knowingly had sex with an underage girl under her guardianship between May 14 and Nov. 6, 2024.
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Mississippi DA calls out gender bias as female youth pastor gets house arrest for child sexual abuse
A district attorney in Mississippi has slammed what he sees as gender bias after a female former youth pastor was sentenced to just three years of house arrest and seven years of additional probation