(CNN) -- An Alabama man convicted of raping his former neighbor and friend was sentenced November 13 to 20 years in a state penitentiary on the lead charge, and 10 years each on the lesser offenses. Except that he wasn't. The victim, Courtney Andrews, told CNN she was outraged by the sentencing. "I don't know how any of this is possible." Austin Clem, 25, was convicted of one count of forcible rape and two counts of second-degree rape for attacks that Andrews said started when she was 13. "Honestly, I didn't understand when I first heard the sentence," said Andrews, now 20. "I was expecting him to spend a long time in prison." She said she hadn't talked about the abuse because of threats. "I had to grow up at a very, very young age, and I know what it's like to have your life threatened and that no one will understand me."
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An Alabama man was sentenced to no prison time for rape conviction
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Danny Cevallos says Alabama law, rules give judges discretion to suspend prison terms
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He says even if the sentence is legal, it may not be a moral one
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Cevallos: People who object should blame legislature and courts, in addition to judge
In the @placeholder case, the judge's discretion came from his authority to impose a "split sentence."