Duane Sanders waiving his right to testify on Wednesday morning during his child sex abuse trial.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A Hamilton County jury is now deciding the fate of a former first grade teacher accused of child sexual abuse.

Duane Sanders is facing 15 criminal charges against seven different children while teaching at Wallace A. Smith Elementary School in Ooltewah.

Shortly after 5 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, the jury in the Duane Sanders child sex abuse trial received his case.

Before they took that case, they heard impassioned arguments from the prosecution and defense on whether or not Sanders should be found guilty of some of the most heinous crimes.

Prosecutor Nicole Evans said of the children recounting their stories, “That means they experienced every touch. They fe

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