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Friday, August 30, 2013

An update from a judge in Montana who needs to be hung in the public square...

A few days ago I posted on a judge's outrageous sentence to a middle aged teacher who raped a student of his. Granted it was probably "consensual" becuase she said yes, but legally she cannot. But the relationship was part of the girl commiting suicide. Now we hear something else this disgrace to the bench said.

Judge issues an apology for remarks on teen’s rape

ASSOCIATED PRESS


BILLINGS, Mont. — A Montana judge apologized Wednesday for saying a 14-year-old rape victim was “older than her chronological age” and had as much control of the situation as the teacher who raped her — remarks that prompted protests and a petition for his resignation.

District Judge G. Todd Baugh made the comments Monday while sentencing former Billings Senior High School teacher Stacey Rambold to a 15-year prison sentence then suspending all but 31 days and giving him credit for one day already served.

Yellowstone County officials previously agreed to defer Rambold’s prosecution for three years and dismiss the charges if he completed a sexual offender treatment program. The case was revived in December after prosecutors learned Ram-bold, 54, was kicked out of the program for having unsupervised visits with minors who were family members and not telling counselors he was having a sexual relationship with a woman.
Faced with backlash over his comments and the sentence that protesters considered too light, Baugh wrote an apology in a brief letter to the editor to The Billings Gazette.

A protest scheduled for Thursday outside Yellowstone County Courthouse will go on despite the apology, said organizer Sheena Rice, stressing that it’s important for the community to show it is not going to stand for victim blaming.

“I’m glad he apologized, but he should have known better as a judge,” Rice said. “The fact that he said it makes me think he still believes it.”
He should be removed from the bench as soon as possible. I don't know if a recall is an option but this Democrat must be removed from office.

Why do I say Democrat? Because this is a piece from AP, aka Associated Propaganda. If this judge was a Republican that fact would be mentioned every other sentence.

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