Monday, January 6, 2014

Billings Rape Excusing Judge Calling it Quits

In south central Montana, the Billings Gazette reported overnight,
District Judge G. Todd Baugh will retire at the end of the year and not seek re-election.

A district court judge since 1985, Baugh announced his retirement to KTVQ on Monday.
Baugh came under intense fire and garnered national scorn in August when he said a 14-year-old rape victim appeared "older than her chronological age" and he sentenced her teacher-rapist Stacey Dean Rambold to just a month in prison.
Read more: http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/embattled-judge-won-t-seek-re-election-at-end-of/article_f8b45166-5d2a-59f7-80eb-e810238d793a.html#ixzz2pgbRMFvY

The girl killed herself. It is high time this judge's career dies as well. The case against protected lifetime judicial tenure is well made.




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