HERNANDO, Miss. -- DeSoto County’s District Attorney wants a school board member to resign after she wrote a letter in support of a convicted child sex offender.

This comes after Lindsey Whiteside, a former youth minister, pleaded guilty to sexual battery of a child and received house arrest and supervision.

A mix of different reactions in DeSoto County, following the sentencing of Lindsey Whiteside, a former youth minister and basketball coach at Getwell Church.

She pleaded guilty to sexual battery of a child and will not serve any time in prison.

A judge sentenced Whiteside to three years on house arrest and seven years of supervision.

“The sentence that was handed down yesterday is actually an illegal sentence. Sex offenders of this category is considered a violent crime. It’s spec

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