Julie L. Kessler
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The rape myth

My article "The ‘rape myth’: alive and well?" appeared in yesterday’s edition of The LA  Daily Journal. This article discussed in detail the underlying Montana rape case in which a 47-year-old teacher raped a 14-year-old student multiple times, then was convicted and sentenced to just 30 days in jail, in contravention of Montana’s sentencing guidelines. The judge in that case, G. Todd Baugh, also made several outrageous comments from the bench, including that the 14-year-old victim was “as much in control of the situation” as her rapist and that the victim was “older that her chronological age,” both of which go against the foundation of statutory rape laws. Last week the Montana Supreme Court decided the appeal and overturned the 30-day sentence and ordered the rapist to be resentenced by a different judge. Baugh is retiring at the end of the year.

 

Full article off copyright and now available:

https://www.vagabondlawyer.com/uploads/News/The_rape_myth.pdf
Date Posted:  May 8 2014