Montana judge, blasted for 1-month rape sentence, to retire: official

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Tue Jan 7, 2014 1:07pm EST

(Reuters) - A Montana judge who came under fire for sentencing a former teacher to a month in prison for raping a 14-year-old student who later killed herself is set to retire at the end of this year, a court administrator said on Tuesday.

Montana District Judge G. Todd Baugh, whose current term expires at the end of 2014, has decided not to file for re-election, according to Becky Bird, district court administrator in Billings.

The administrator did not give a reason for Baugh's decision, and the judge's assistant said he declined comment.

Baugh, 72, sparked a firestorm of public outrage last year by imposing a sentence of only 30 days on former Billings high school teacher Stacey Rambold, 54, for the 2007 rape of Cherice Moralez.

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[Archae]

1. Yeah, he retires.

With a nice big fat pension.
Meanwhile the victim is dead, and the rapist once he gets out of jail is likely to rape again.

[hobbit709]

2. Too bad he didn't retire a week ago.

[mpcamb]

7. Gotta pad that retirement.

So you can sit back and think of all the (ahem) important work you've done.

[cinnabonbon]

3. Too little, too late.

I'm just glad he'll be gone so he can't harm more survivors.

[progressoid]

5. Imagine how many other people have suffered his "justice"

Sickening.

[cinnabonbon]

8. Precisely. It took a girl's suicide to

get him to release his position. If it took that much just to get him into media's spotlight, I shudder to think what he's gotten away with before now.

[snot]

4. (See below.)

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6. "did not give a reason for Baugh's decision". Like anyone didnt KNOW the reason??

Good riddance.