--- description: District Judge G. Todd Baugh originally sentenced teacher to only one month for raping a 14-year-old, saying the victim was "older than her chronological age" title: Montana Supreme Court Overturns Teacher's One-Month Rape Sentence image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [justice](/tag/justice/) ## justice Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Montana Supreme Court Overturns 1-Month Rape Sentence  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Apr 30, 2014 4:24 PM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Apr 30, 2014 4:24 PM CUT The Montana Supreme Court [overturned a one-month prison sentence](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/montana-teachers-1-month-rape-sentence-overturned "undefined") on Wednesday handed to a former high school teacher convicted of raping a 14-year-old student, the Associated Press reports. District Judge G. Todd Baugh originally handed down a light sentence because he believed that the victim had some control over the sexual situation, [saying she was](http://nation.time.com/2013/12/03/judge-in-montana-rape-case-says-he-deserves-rebuke/ "undefined") “older than her chronological age.” The teenage rape victim in question killed herself after the assault, before the teacher was tried. Justices ruled Wednesday that a new judge needs to re-sentence defendant Stacey Dean Rambold. Prosecutors will seek a minimum of four years in prison. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/montana-teachers-1-month-rape-sentence-overturned "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/82746/montana-teacher-rape-sentence-overturned/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/82746/montana-teacher-rape-sentence-overturned/"},"headline":"Montana Supreme Court Overturns 1-Month Rape Sentence","datePublished":"2014-04-30T16:24:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:35:04.326Z","description":"District Judge G. Todd Baugh originally sentenced teacher to only one month for raping a 14-year-old, saying the victim was \"older than her chronological age\"","url":"https://time.com/82746/montana-teacher-rape-sentence-overturned/","keywords":["justice"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/justice/","name":"justice"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/82746/montana-teacher-rape-sentence-overturned/","name":"Montana Supreme Court Overturns 1-Month Rape Sentence"}}]}] ```