I didn't comment when this story first broke

But it saddens me that any judge would make such a horrendous statement. He should be removed from office, plain and simple, for he has no business being the voice of justice.

Prosecutors appeal 30-day rape sentence as illegal

Montana state prosecutors on Wednesday appealed as illegal a controversial 30-day sentence handed down by a district judge in a rape case involving a teacher and his 14-year-old student.

District Judge G. Todd Baugh had received widespread condemnation for the lenient sentence he ordered last month and his comments that the victim, Cherice Moralez, was "older than her chronological age."

In sentencing the 54-year-old teacher, Stacey Dean Rambold, the judge also said that Cherice was "as much in control of the situation" as her teacher.

Cherice's mother, Auliea Hanlon, stormed out of the original sentencing hearing. In a written statement, she said, "I guess somehow it makes a rape more acceptable if you blame the victim, even if she was only 14.

Cherice killed herself in 2010 at the age of 16 after the case was sent to criminal court.

It's terrible enough that this young girl took her own life because of what happened to her. At the very least her memory is due some real justice.