CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF)- A former elementary school teacher convicted on 15 child sex abuse charges in June, including aggravated child rape, was back in court Tuesday morning.

Hamilton County District Attorney Coty Wamp referred to the seven children who testified they were sexually abused by Duane Sanders inside of his Wallace A. Smith Elementary classroom, as the Heroic Seven.

Sanders was supposed to learn his sentence on Tuesday.

Duane Sanders entering a hearing two months after his conviction on 15 child sex abuse charges.

However, there is one issue holding up that decision according to Sanders’ public defender, Jay Perry.

Perry said, “(We have been discussing) whether or not Mr. Sanders would need a psychosexual evaluation before he is sentenced.”

Anyone convicted of a crim

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