LOS ANGELES, CA., NOVEMBER 15, 2013: Former Los Angeles Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt, 62, right, sits with his attorney, Manny Medrano in Los Angeles County Superior Court Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, where he pleaded no contest to 23 counts of lewd conduct with young students at his school. Berndt received a 25-year prison sentence in exchange for the no contest plea. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times )