Feb 11, 2008 - The trial of teacher Charlene Schmitz is scheduled to start this week in Mobile, Alabama.
A federal judge granted a prosecution request to bar from the courtroom Leroy High School teachers and others in authority over the now-15-year-old victim when he testifies.
"The victim loves her," Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Murphy told the judge. "The victim doesn't want her to go to jail. The victim thinks that once this is over, they will marry."
Charlene Schmitz is 54.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Leroy, ALABAMA
