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Montana appeals former teacher's one-month sentence for rape of teen
Source: CNN
Montana appeals former teacher's one-month sentence for rape of teen
By Karen Smith, CNN
November 30, 2013 -- Updated 1544 GMT (2344 HKT)
(CNN) -- Montana is fighting to get a former teacher back behind bars after he served only a month for raping a 14-year-old girl.
Prosecutors filed an appeal Friday questioning the controversial 31-day sentence imposed on Stacey Dean Rambold, whose victim took her own life.
Rambold, a former high school teacher, pleaded guilty to the rape. He was sentenced in August and released from a Montana prison on probation the next month.
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The filing by the Montana Attorney General's Office said the sentencing by the district court did not meet the state's mandatory minimum sentence.
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By Karen Smith, CNN
November 30, 2013 -- Updated 1544 GMT (2344 HKT)
(CNN) -- Montana is fighting to get a former teacher back behind bars after he served only a month for raping a 14-year-old girl.
Prosecutors filed an appeal Friday questioning the controversial 31-day sentence imposed on Stacey Dean Rambold, whose victim took her own life.
Rambold, a former high school teacher, pleaded guilty to the rape. He was sentenced in August and released from a Montana prison on probation the next month.
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The filing by the Montana Attorney General's Office said the sentencing by the district court did not meet the state's mandatory minimum sentence.
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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/30/justice/montana-rape-30-day-sentence/