CRIME AND CRIMINALS: RAPE : LAW: CASE: DECISIONS: Prosecutors Weigh Appeal of 30-Day Rape Sentence in Montana

[David P. Dillard]

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CRIME AND CRIMINALS: RAPE :

LAW: CASE: DECISIONS:

Prosecutors Weigh Appeal of 30-Day Rape Sentence in Montana

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Prosecutors Weigh Appeal of 30-Day Rape Sentence in Montana

From Paul Vercammen and Kyung Lah,

CNN

updated 8:07 AM EDT, Fri August 30, 2013

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/28/justice/montana-teacher-rape-sentence/

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(CNN) -- Prosecutors in Billings, Montana are looking for legal standing
to fight a 30-day sentence handed down to a teacher who admitted to raping
his 14-year-old student.

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The girl later took her own life.

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"This case is very important. As I've said before, this resulted in the
loss of one of our young people in my community," said Scott Twito, a
prosecutor with the Yellowstone County attorney's office. "We take these
charges very seriously. And we fight for those victims."

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He said he strongly disagrees with the sentence District Judge G. Todd
Baugh gave to Stacey Dean Rambold this week.

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CNN obtained a copy of a memo from Twito's office to the Montana attorney
general's office, which is reviewing the case.

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In the letter, attorneys argue the relevant statue was "misapplied and the
minimum sentence that could be imposed in Rambold's case was two years."

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As prosecutors weigh a possible appeal, hundreds of protesters rallied at
a Billings courthouse Thursday, demanding the judge step down.

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The protest was organized in part by the National Organization for Women.
Demonstrators waved signs and called for a review of Baugh's prior
caseload, a reporter from CNN affiliate KTVQ said.

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One poster read simply: "Resign." Another said: "Justice 4 Cherice,"
referring to the teenage victim in the case, Cherice Moralez.

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"The demand and goal of this is to ask the judge to resign. The broader
message is to really unite as a community against victim-blaming," said
protest organizer Sheena Davis, adding that the protest aimed to address
"a larger issue on how we protect children from rape in this justice
system."

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So far, more than 33,000 people have signed a petition at MoveOn.org,
demanding that Baugh resign.

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The complete article may be read at the URL above.

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