It should be noted that the rapist was originally sentenced to a sex offender treatment center and was kicked out for contact with minors and breaking several other rules. After that, the prosecution wanted to give him 20 years in prison, which was the maximum allowed. Judge Baugh sentenced him to 15 years with all…

I think it's mostly the judge's remarks coupled with the victim's suicide. I'm curious as to what the sentencing minimums are in the states you've listed above as well. Because apparently this guy was supposed to be sentenced to a minimum of 2 years according to sentencing laws as opposed to mere guidelines.

You're exactly right; they hear and don't listen and/or make excuses.

Thanks. I didn't expect anybody to see this. I didn't want to distract from this particular story. But whenever I read about this stuff, it brings it all up again. Judges DO hear these stories, don't they? I just this minute turned off Chris Hayes, who was interviewing a survivor of campus rape about how most…

Judges like this need to hear stories like yours so they don't say stupid-ass, ignorgant-as-fuck statements.

Burying this way down here because I feel guilty venting. A long time ago, I had a friend who was raped and killed in a notorious case in NYC. Her "deathbed" statement (on the operating table, as they tried to save her) was blared all over tabloids; I had to walk past her quotes in screaming headlines in rows and…

The Fifth Amendment prohibition on double jeopardy only applies to being tried twice for the same crime ("nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb"). It has nothing to do with sentencing, which is appeal-able.

He showed some contrition only after the Montana Judicial Standard Commission said they were going to investigate him and received over 140,000 signatures on a petition to remove this man. His "apology" was nothing more than a cover his ass move. He has since said he would retire at the end of the year. He realizes he…

Now we need to get the same thing to happen to the guy who raped his 3 year old daughter and wasn't sent to jail because he wouldn't 'fare well'.

It is rare for me to hate somebody as much as a rapist but my feelings for this judge is nothing less than sheer and utter venom. He is an elected judge who knew the law, decided not to adhere to it, blamed the victim repeatedly and even when told by his peers that he was grossly incorrect, he continued to deny that…

He meant that since her body didn't properly shut down, then it wasn't legitimate rape. Because science.

Wednesday's ruling came as a result of an appeal filed by the state Department of Justice seeking to overturn the sentence. Attorney General Tim Fox said Wednesday's decision "rebuffed attempts to place blame on a child victim of this horrible crime." (Baugh's attempt to revise his original sentence was…

Right? Cuz its only rape if you've had your nose broken

"wasn't forcible, beat-up rape"

Was he getting everybody psyched up to go kill him or something, like as a group?

Tonight the universe rights all the wrongs.

Much like the squirrel selfie attack, this news is full of justice. Today is a good day for news.

My parents did the same thing to my sister back in 1996 over Savage Garden. I cheered them on as they cleared the stuff out of her room and went on to have my first quiet afternoon in 3 days.

Seems like a reasonable response.

That swimsuit is unbefuckinglievable. WHY DON'T THEY ALL LOOK AND FIT AND COVER EVERYTHING LIKE THAT? Every year, my (very beautiful) younger sister takes me to the beach, wearing these whimsical, architecturally impossible, triangle bikini things. Between tops and bottoms, every single pair is basically made of…