By Laura Collins In Billings, Montana and James Nye PUBLISHED: 23:46 EST, 25 September 2013 | UPDATED: 06:02 EST, 26 September 2013 Rapist: This Sept. 12, 2013 file photo released by the Montana State Prison shows Stacey Rambold, a 54-year-old teacher who is serving a 30-day sentence in prison for raping a former student who later killed herself Stacey Rambold, 48, the man sentenced to just 30-days behind bars even after admitting raping a 14-year-old girl will walk free from prison today after completing his controversially short sentence. His lenient punishment for the 2007 rape of Cherice Moralez, who killed herself three-years later, was handed down to him by District Judge Todd Baugh and the comments made by Baugh about Moralez sparked national outrage.
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Montana teacher Stacey Rambold, 48, was sentenced to 30 days in prison for raping a 14-year-old girl last month
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Rambold admitted to raping the vulnerable teenager on several occasions in 2007 in his marital home, car and office
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Judge Baugh gave Rambold just 30 days in jail instead of maximum of life because Rambold had 'suffered enough' and young Cherry was 'in control'
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Protests held and nationwide petition calling for judge's removal has 10,000 signatures
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Cherice shot herself in her mother's bed when it became too much to bear
Amid public outcry and growing pressure from the persecution, who vowed to appeal the sentence, Judge Baugh apologized earlier this month for his earlier remarks and called a hearing to re-examine and possibly amend Rambold's sentence - a move the state attorney general challenged as being outside @placeholder's legal authority.