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  • Montana: Hundreds rally for judge's resignation and judicial review after he gives teacher a light child rape sentence & says victim was "older than her chronological age"

    The girl took her own life during the legal proceedings. Time for this judge to retire.

    http://billingsgazette.com/news/loca...5bff11e3f.html
    Hundreds rally for judge's resignation and judicial review

    6 hours ago ? By Rob Rogers

    BUTTE ? A Butte commissioner plans to hold a rally Friday afternoon in a protest against a Montana judge who gave a man a light sentence for r? Read more
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    By noon, the crowd was already pushing 300.

    Once the rally began 15 minutes later, nearly 400 people ? neighbors and friends, activists, members of the national media and the mother of rape victim Cherice Moralez ? watched, cheered, shouted, waved protest signs and called for the resignation of District Court Judge G. Todd Baugh.

    "My goal is to make Billings the catalyst in change in how we talk about rape victims," said rally organizer Sheena Rice.

    On Monday Baugh sentenced former Senior High teacher Stacey Rambold ? who pleaded guilty to raping Cherice Moralez, one of his 14-year-old students ? to serve a 15-year prison sentence with all but 31 days suspended. Rambold got credit for one day he previously served in jail. Baugh explained the sentence by saying the victim was "older than her chronological age" and said she had some control over her relationship with the teacher...
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