COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former substitute teacher who showed a movie including graphic sex and violence to an Ohio high school class has been convicted of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles.
A jury convicted Sheila Kearns of four felony counts Thursday. The convictions carry possible jail sentences, but the 58-year-old Kearns is expected to get probation when she's sentenced in March. Prosecutors say Kearns showed the film "The ABCs of Death" during five periods of a Spanish class at East High School in Columbus in April 2013. The movie consists of 26 chapters, each depicting some form of grisly death.
The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1G2OD1V ) reports Kearns contended she didn't watch the movie and was unaware of its content. Her attorney says she never would have knowingly showed it.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
A jury convicted Sheila Kearns of four felony counts Thursday. The convictions carry possible jail sentences, but the 58-year-old Kearns is expected to get probation when she's sentenced in March. Prosecutors say Kearns showed the film "The ABCs of Death" during five periods of a Spanish class at East High School in Columbus in April 2013. The movie consists of 26 chapters, each depicting some form of grisly death.
The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1G2OD1V ) reports Kearns contended she didn't watch the movie and was unaware of its content. Her attorney says she never would have knowingly showed it.
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Information from: The Columbus Dispatch, http://www.dispatch.com
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