Police accuse Atlanta-area high school teacher of offering to pay one student to kill another . Attorney : The teacher had once asked the alleged target , 16 , whether he was gay . He said no and that she shouldn't be allowed to teach him because it would make her a bad influence on his friends. Forde was joking , and no name was passed , TV station quotes his attorney as saying .
Police accuse Atlanta-area high school teacher of offering to pay one student to kill another . Attorney : The teacher had once asked the alleged target , 16 , whether he was gay . Attorney says the teacher , Randolph Forde , later threatened to punch the student . Forde was joking , and no name was passed , TV station quotes his attorney as saying .