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Robert J. Taylor

Judge blames victim, sentences former teacher to 30 days in jail for rape of 14-year-old student who later committed suicide

Posted Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at 3:06 AM
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  • THE people of Montana should impeach this judge.Maybe he has a skelton in the closet about minor children.I WOULD SAY HE SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.Without a dought this is a travesty of justice.Conservative Montana 30 days for rape .....HMMMMMMMMMMM.......makes you wonder what they stand for.JUST SO THEY KNOW the perpetrator cost himself his family,credentials and all the other things that happened to him.HE didn't plead innocent HE SAID HE DID IT.....I guess the judge thought he was distraught or something.........wrong wrong wrong wrong.......

    -- Posted by lamont on Wed, Aug 28, 2013, at 10:08 AM
  • I wonder if his response would have been so sanguine if the girl had been a boy. I don't know how judges are selected in Montana. If through election, then the people who voted for him must like having a judge with such a lackadaisical view of justice. If he was selected through appointment, I can only wonder why he is still in office.

    The bottom line is that a 49 year old teacher used his position of authority and the vulnerability of a troubled 14 year old for his personal sexual gratification. I thought Montana was an American state rather than a province of a place like Saudi Arabia where rape victims are considered to be criminals under whatever passes for laws.

    First, I am glad that my own 14 year old is not a victim of some pervert of a teacher. Second of all, I am glad that if it ever happened, I don't have to rely on Montana for justice.

    -- Posted by robmoore on Wed, Aug 28, 2013, at 10:42 AM
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