WASHINGTON -- In any court case, jurors have to decide who is telling the truth. In cases where children are the victims, making that call can be tough.
In the case of 36-year-old Susan Burke, a former first grade teacher accused of assaulting her young students, the job seems even tougher.
Six students have testified she hit, choked or scratched them, but then scrambled the dates, times and frequency of the alleged attacks during cross examination. So on Thursday, prosecutors focused on Burke's credibility. And it didn't go well for the former Montgomery County school teacher.
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2 comments:
Looks like even her teacher friends turned on her. In the B.O.E. you have no friends. I don't beleave any of them.
Teachers when I went to school would be locked up for what they did to us.
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