Teacher to Be Re-Sentenced in Montana Rape Case

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14. Montana ex-teacher re-sentenced to 10 years for rape of student

Source: Reuters

Montana ex-teacher re-sentenced to 10 years for rape of student

BY LAURA ZUCKERMAN
Fri Sep 26, 2014 8:20pm EDT

(Reuters) - An ex-teacher from Montana whose month in jail for the rape of a 14-year-old student triggered public outrage was re-sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison in a case that a state prosecutor said would bolster rape victims' rights.

Stacey Rambold, a former Billings High School instructor, pleaded guilty last year to one count of sexual intercourse without consent tied to the 2007 rape of Cherice Moralez, a high school freshman who committed suicide in 2010 before the case could be brought to trial.

In a ruling later struck down as unlawfully lenient, a state judge sentenced Rambold to 15 years in prison then suspended all but 31 days and gave him credit for one day served, infuriating women's rights activists.

Outcry over that sentence was compounded by a remark from the judge, G. Todd Baugh, who said that Moralez was "as much in control of the situation" as her then 47-year-old instructor.

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