stacey rambold released from prison after serving 31 days behind bars.al outrage after the judge sentenced the former teacher to only one month in prison. he pleaded guilty to raping his 14-year-old student cherise. she later committed suicide. kyung lah has the story. he didn't want to talk to you. >> reporter: he didn't say anything other than shoving me out of the way. he did not have anything to say to us or other report betters wh what, reporters about what it was lake to spend only one month behind bars. >> reporter: he left the state prison, arriving in billings and as ordered, reporting in to his parole officer. hi. i'm kyung lah from cnn. are you checking in -- he dashed in. his head down. a short time later -- can i talk to you? left for home free on parole. the former not answering any questions about his one-month jail sentence for raping his 14-year-old student cherise morales. he was arrested in 2008. as he awaited trial, his young victim was tormented by other students who bullied her for being a rape victim. and before the case was heard,

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the lenient sentence from stacey rambold is causing problems.'s a formal complaint asking the judge be removed from the bench. making the story more tragic, the young victim, cherice moralez isn't here to speak out as she killed herself in 2010 before the case went to trial. this guy served 30 days and will be a free man tomorrow? >> reporter: he's walking out. essentially he's a free man, anderson. he's served his time in the sentence given by judge baugh and he's fulfilled that time. he's not going to be subject to home monitoring. no particular address he has to go to. the only caveat is there is an appeal with the montana supreme court. the prosecutors are fighting the sentence he was giving hoping that he's going to be in jail for at least two years if not longer. >> will he be on probation? >> reporter: yes. he is on probation and has to check in with his probation officer once he returns to billings. once he gets here he has to check in. he's technically on probation until 2028. all that could change depending on what the supreme court sa

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stacey rambold was relieved from jail thursday.n as he checked in with his parole officer. he later left. the mountain judge who issued the sentence is the target of protesters who want him removed from the bench and say they want to make sure something like this never happens again. >> i think -- i think as long as we know that it's happening, we can acknowledge it and we can do something to change it. >> prosecutors of appeal stacey rambold's sentence is now a registered sex offenderer. >>> all passengers safe and sound after a flight from houston to seattle had to be diverted. why? the pilot had a heart attack. united flight 1603 landed in boise, idaho, last night. the pilot was taken to a local hospital. 161 passengers and six crew members were reboarded and flown to seattle. i hope that pilot is doing well this morning. >> yes. >>> video out of boston. you have to see this. three people jumped into action to rescue a man who had tumbled onto the subway tracks. you can see -- you could have seen before the man walk off the edge

stacey rambold is now a free man.acher convicted of raping a student walked out of jail after serving just one month behind bars. a sentence handed down by judge g. todd baugh has led to activists filing a complaint demanding he be thrown from the bench. >> if we can't get him removed through this, there is something wrong with the system. >> reporter: rambold raped cherice moralez in 2007 and while waiting for the case to go to trial cherice committed suicide. >> she was good, smart, artistic, she lit up a room. >> reporter: her mother was hoping her daughter would be vindicated but instead of getting rambold the minimum two-year sentence the judge told the courtroom cherice was in as much control of the situation as rambold saying she appeared older than our chronological age. the judge later apologized. >> what i said was demeaning to all women and not what i believe in. >> reporter: he tried to change the 30-day sentence but they appealed to the montana supreme court which could take 18 months. >> if the judgment

convicted child rapist stacey dean rambold is getting out of jail ..today. ...after serving just a 30-day sentence in montana. the judge who initially handed down the controversial sentence is under fire. judge g-todd baugh even tried to reverse rambold's light puniishment...but that's illegal under state law. rambold... a teacher.... pleaded guilty to the attempted rape of one of his 14-year-old students. she later committed suicide. the judge who gave that 31-day sentence... could be out of a job. activist groups have filed a formal complaint against g-todd baugh... asking for his removal from the bench. they want him out... afte he seemingly blamed the victim ... saying she acted older than her chronological age... and that she was as much in control of the situation... as the teacher was. "i came here with a complaint signed by montana now and pennsylvania now with allegations against judge baugh, and our reasons for filing the complaint, and a hundred and forty thousand signatures from petitions." "if we can't get him removed through this there is something wrong with the system

stacey rambold walked out of prison thursday after just one month behind bars.he short sentence sparked outrage across the country. along with comments from the judge that seemed to blame the victim. here's cnn's kyung lah with the latest. >> reporter: stacey rambold sped out of state prison a free man, checking in with his parole officer. >> hi, stacey. i'm kyung lah from cnn. can i ask you a few questions? >> reporter: he dashed in, his head down. a short time later. >> can i chat with you a little bit longer, sir? is there anything you'd like to say? >> reporter: left for home. the former teacher not answering any questions from cnn about his one-month jail sentence for raping his 14-year-old student cherice moralez. rambold was arrested in 2008. as he awaited trial, his young victim was tormented by other students who bullied her for being a rape victim. before rambold's case was heard, cherice moralez took her own life. to add insult to injury, the man who was supposed to represent justice, judge todd baugh then sentenced rambold to one month behind bars, s

he sparked a national outrage by sentencing stacey rambold to just 30 days in jail for raping his 14--old student. at sentencing, the judge said the victim, charise morales, seemed older than her chronological age. she committed suicide before the case went to trial. judge baugh's one-month sentence sparked protests in montana, anger across social media and now an appeal to the state supreme court from prosecutors. >> i want people to know that they need to have faith in their officials that handle matters in the criminal justice system. we will get this right. >> reporter: the prosecutor says there's a wrench in his appeal. judge baugh wants everyone back in his courtroom tomorrow, acknowledging he should have given rambold at least two years, not one month behind bars. >> he is seeking to correct that. >> reporter: so he is trying to fix an error on his part? >> yes, that's what the order indicates to me. >> reporter: but that's yet another mistake by judge baugh, says the prosecutor, and the defense to no one's surprise agrees. in a flurry of legal filings, they stay judge baugh ca

prosecutors appealing the sentence of this 54-year-old man, stacey rambold.ow longy is a reversal? >> if the sentence given was within the prescribed sentence, in other words, if it fell within a range that was legal then the sentence will stand. it is discretionary. the problem here is that the attorney general is alleging that the judge misapplied the law. we should add from the testimony at sentencing and the filing papers that the prosecutor at that hearing clearly was not aware of any mandatory minimum otherwise and absolutely did not object to the sentence when it was applied even though he may have wanted a higher sentence. i believe the prosecutor was not aware that there was a mandatory minimum problem at the ooriginal hearing. only the attorney general later on said it is actually two years. >> i'm curious about it. people hear the story. you have a 54-year-old man who rapes a 14-year-old girl. she takes her own life because of the agony of the situation, how it is possible for somebody to only get 30 days for that is hard for somebody to understand

stacey rambold here he is entering a probation office in billings.ering the outrage surrounding this case for awhile, not only for the light sentence he received but for the comments the judge made about the victim suggesting she was partly to blame because in his opinion she seemed and i quote, older than her chronological age. she was 14, remember. the judge later apologized, but there are still calls for him to step down. the victim killed herself before the case went her trial. her mom said she is still waiting for justice for her daughter. for now the man who raped her daughter is no long behind bars. kyung lah joins me from billings, montana. you caught up with this guy outside his parole office. did he have anything to say or was he just scurrying away? >> reporter: scurrying away. other than actually shoving me out of his way he didn't have anything to say to us going in, going out. he wore a ball cap. he actually tried to switch out cars as he was leaving so he didn't tip us off that he was actually going to be exiting out of the parole offi

. >>> also ahead, stacey rambold is a free man tonight. he served a month for raping a former student. she just 14 years old. that's him scurrying away from our reporter and cameras. his victim later killed herself. could he go back to jail after serving 30 days? we'll get the latest from kyung lah straight ahead. [ male announcer ] introducing new fast acting advil. with an ultra-thin coating and fast absorbing advil ion core™ technology, it stops pain before it gets worse. nothing works faster. new fast acting advil. look for it in the white box. they always have. they always will. that's why you take charge of your future. your retirement. ♪ ameriprise advisors can help you like they've helped millions of others. listening, planning, working one on one. to help you retire your way... with confidence. that's what ameriprise financial does. that's what they can do with you. ameriprise financial. more within reach. >>> keeping you honest tonight. california grilled legislators after a year-long investigation by cnn. if you're a regular vie

the judge admitted he was wrong to sentence stacey rambold to a month in jail after he admitted to rape his 14-year-old student. he was wrong to make frankly horrible claims that the victim seemed older than her chronological age and was somehow in much control of the situation as her rapist. she killed herself before it could go to trial. the judge apologized and admitted the sentence could be illegal but correcting the mistake may be easier said than done. when asked about it, look what happened. >> reporter: hello, i'm kim law, do you have a minute to chat with me, sir? >> no, thanks. >> well, kim law joins me from billings montana. so there is movement inspect case for the past hour. what is the latest? >> reporter: well, we know the state attorney general filed, trying to cancel what is being viewed as tomorrow anderson, a do overhearing. the judge calling everyone back saying he wants to rule again saying maybe it was illegal to just do a month. now let's try to change it to two years. here is where it gets interesting. not only the state attorney general but the prosecution and d

. >> this case goes back to 2007 when stacey rambold raped shareece morlaes.was 49, she was 14 and a student. he was charged with sexual intercourse without consent but before the case could go to trial, cherice morzlez took her life. it was days before her 17th birthday, in 2010. prosecutors were concerned about trying rambold without the star witness so offered him a deal if he admitted to a rape charge, completed a sex offender program and had no unsupervised contact with minors but he failed the treatment program, anderson, so the felony charges were refiled. last we can he was sentenced in the case. the judge only sentenced him to 15 years with all by 31 days suspended so he only got a month, anderson, for admitting to raping a 14-year-old girl. that brings us to today when montana state prosecutors appealed the case calling the sentence illegal. the judge said he was not made aware of a mandatory sentence of two years. >> this boggles my mind how a judge could sentence him to 30 days. yesterday he filed a report saying the ruling may have been illegal bu

. >> the last 31 days, prison is stacey rambold's home and he is set to walk out now after serving one behind bars for raping his 14-year-old student cherice moralez. the mother says cherice was convicted. before the sentence was heard, cherice committed sued. >> she was beautiful. but hopefully, he'll get justice. i hope. >> reporter: justice has failed at every step, says cherice's mother. not only did she lose her daughter, but then the judge todd baugh handed down the short sentence saying moralez looked older than her chronological age and she looked the age of the 49-year-old rambold. the judge has admitted the sentence may have been illegal. state laws mandate a two-year minimum for this crime. the sentence and the judge's comments sparked national outrage. earlier this week, petitions with 140,000 signatures were delivered to a montana judicial watchdog panel demanding judge baugh's removal. in courts prosecutors have appealed baugh's sentence and hoping to send rambold back to prison and for the victim's mother, a cry for justice. a hollow search along a trail of anguish. does

kyung lah has more from billings, montana. >> prison has been stacey rambold's home. later this morning, the former high school teacher is set to walk out having served just one month behind bars for raping his 14-year-old student cherice moralez. as she waited for her teacher to face trial, moralez mother said cherice was tormented by bullying. before the case was heard, cherice moralez committed suicide. >> she was beautiful, but hopefully he'll get justice. i hope. >> reporter: justice has failed at every step, says cherice's mother. not only did she lose her daughter but then the judge, todd baugh, handed down the short sentence saying moralez looked older than her chronological age and was as much in control as the then 49-year-old rambold. >> hi, i'm kyung lah from cnn. >> the judge has since admitted the sentence may have been illegal. state laws mandate a two-year minimum for this crime. the sentence and the judge's comments sparked national outrage. earlier this week, petitions with 140,000 signatures were delivered to a montana judicial watchdog panel demand

stacey rambold served a 30-day sentence for raping a 14-year-old girl in 2007. he has been registered as a low-risk level one sex offender and he'll remain on appropriatioprobationuntil 2028. >>> organizers are predicting the sochi olympics to be, quote a fabulous experience. ioc wrapped up their final visit to russia and their reports praised the host country effort and made no mention of what critics call laws that are anti-gay. >> reporter: north the weather nor on going civil rights have dampened the ioc inspectors' final assessment. >> reporter: we visited all olympic facilities in the valley and some on the mountains and our conclusion is quite definite. this is impressive. much of the city still looks like an enormous building site with unfinished hotels and debris from construction scatter across the coast. the games will go ahead, and on the subject of civil liberty, it was intested that it was not the ioc's role to intervene. >> as long olympics athletes are respected, we are satisfied, and this is the case. >> reporter: the sochi games will get under

night's sleep ♪ >>> back of the books segment, on august 26th montana judge todd bah sentenced stacey rambolddays in prison for raping a 14-year-old girl. tragically that girl committed suicide two years after the statutory rape charge. the mother is saying the crime contributed to the suicide. after the judge rendered the sentence many montana ans were out ladies and gentlemraged andd obscenities and the state moves again him and a sentence may be changed. asked to explain his leniency he said, quote, the 14-year-old was as much many control of the situation as her defendant. he has been running from the press and jesse waters finally caught up with him. >> the judge sentenced a former senior high teacher. >> he will now serve 30 days for raping a 14-year-old student, the student later committed suicide. >> for that sentencing is pretty ridiculous. >> obviously on the face it looks like a terrible decision when he says she was older than a 14-year-old that makes no sense. >> he suggested in court a 14-year-old student raped by a senior high school teacher held at least some responsibility fo

sadly the student committed suicide in 2010 before her former high school teacher stacey rambold went admitting he raped the student in 2007. he sentenced to 30 days in prison plus 14 years and seven months in probation. he is released today after completing one month sentence by given by g todd baugh. he tried to apologize saying the victim was quote, as much in control of the situation as the teacher. >> ladies and gentlemen, in the, rambold sentencing i made some references to the victim's age and control. i'm not sure just what i was attempting to say at that point but it didn't come out correct. what i said was demeaning to all women, not what i believe in, and irrelevant to the sentencing. i owe all of our fellow citizens an apology. >> reporter: cherise moralez's mother called the sentence and the judge's remarks, a travesty. martha. martha: does the have a legal leg to stand on to get more prison time for him? >> reporter: this is something the family certainly is going to try for. protesters are calling for the judge to step down following moralez's death. prosecutors entered

in court documents obtained by "outfront" judge todd baugh ordered a new hearing for stacey rambold because minimum sentence might be two years instead of 30 days. rambold's victim committed suicide in 2010 as the case worked through the courts. her mother appeared on "outfront" last week and she told us how much jail time she would like to see rambold serve. >> any time behind bars. he's very lucky. he seems to slide by by the very skin of his teeth. any jail time. would have been better than 30 days. not jail time, prison time. anything would have been better than 30 days. the judge was mocking us. >> she did say she is grateful for the support and prayers that came in from all over the world. >>> the japanese government is building an ice wall to protect the shockingly toxic nuclear radiation leaks, they are going to freeze the ground underneath the tanks to keep the contaminated water coming in contact with the seawater. they expect the cleanup costs to be closer to $100 billion and says this ice wall is just a political show. >>> well, the rim wildfire near yosemite national park is st

i'm worried about stacey rambold. judge baugh is not my business.istake, and i'm disappointed that 30 days, that's outrageous. but the montana supreme court stepped in. hopefully they'll make it right. >> tomorrow when he's released, what are you going to do tomorrow? how do you deal with something like that? >> avoidance. i hope i never see him. i never seen him until we were in the courtroom all those years. never seen him once. i hope i never see him. >> what do you want people to remember about your daughter? >> she was fabulous. pretty, very pretty. the judge just made a mistake. and i'm hoping it will get rectified. >> what's it like to be caught up in the legal system like this? i mean, when you see it on tv, it's one thing. but to see what they call justice up close like this, what does it make you think? >> i haven't seen justice yet. 30 days isn't justice. we'll see what happens. and apparently with the courts, anything can happen. but hopefully the supreme court will set it right. because so far i haven't seen any justice. >> thank you fo

stacey rambold's month-long sentence parked national outcry, particularly after judge todd baugh claimed rambold's 14 old victim was older than her chronological age and "as much in control of the situation" as her perpetrator. the judge later apologized, admitting he were demanding of all women. on 10 a prosecutors are appealing rambold's sentencing he should have received a minimum of two years under state law. the texas lawmaker who mesmerized the country when she rose to her feet for nearly 11 hour filibuster against an anti- choice bill will run for governor of texas. democratic state senator wendy davis is due to make announcements next week. the democrats never have confirmed her candidacy to media outlets. lgbt groups are calling for a boycott of guerrilla's to after its president told an italian radio program he wouldn't betray non-straight couples in the company's ads because they diverged from his idea of the classic family. he suggested lgbt people who don't like the ads or the pasta could try another brand. he since apologized for his remarks. details adian report life-threa

sentence judge g todd baugh handed up in the case against this man former billings school teacher stacey ramboldrambold to just 30 days in jail after he broke the terms of his parole for the 2007 rape of then 14 year- old cherice moralez. during sentencing judge baugh said the 14 year-old moralez was "in as much control" as her then 49 year-old rapist and that she "acted older than her chronological age." moralez wasn't there to speak on her own behalf. she took her own life before trial in 2010. w>> hat i said was demeaning to all women. not what i believe in and irrelevant to the sentencing. i owe all our citizens an apology. >> reporter: despite the apology, the sentence stands the outrage growing protests so far in both billings and butte more planned across the state. and an online petition urging judge baugh to resign now nearing 50 thousand signatures. another? over 70-thousand. the judge in this case -- g. todd baugh -- is the son of n-f-l hall of fame quarterback sammy baugh. and his sentences in other cases have been noted as tough. he's sentenced one rape defendant to 100 years in pri

cherise moralez was 14 when she raped by stacey rambold, and she committed suicide before he went to trial. the judge gave rambold 30 days in jail saying the victim seemed older than her chronological age. protests sprung up across montana and the judge was viewed as a victim blamer. days after the controversial sentence the judge said he made a mistake and should have sentenced the teacher to at least two years for child rape. while it was canceled, the judge seemed to want to still set the record straight. and then handed it over to the state supreme court where the case has been appealed, ending judge baugh's connection to this chase. >> that's about all i've got to say. >> thank god i don't have to deal with him anymore. because i don't think he's really in touch. >> reporter: auleia hanlon simply relieved that judge baugh is out of her life. she's cherises moralez mother, she says justice may finally be in sight. your daughter isn't here today. but is this for her? >> yes. i think she's looking down smiling. she felt real guilt. >> terrific that she would have felt that guilt. m