courtney andrews says there s no other way to describe how she feels, after hearing the man convicted of raping her repeatedly since she was 13 will somehow avoid jail. this week an alabama judge sentenced her attacker, austin clem, to 30 years behind bars, but he suspended those sentences, opting to give him community corrections, equivalent to house arrest. he still has to register as a sex offender. i just don t want him to hurt anyone else the way he hurt me. and he gets to stay home with his three little girls and it scarce the crap out of me. you re scared for their safety? because what s been done to me is done, but i don t want anybody else being hurt. reporter: clem has a history of sexual assaults, according to his attorney was sent to a juvenile facility for a sex abuse case before he was 15. frankly, the attorney said, i think the judge s sentence was surprising to most everyone in the courtroom.
but with his track record, andrews was convinced clem would be sentenced to years in jail. instead, he will avoid seeing the inside of a jail cell all together if he follows the judge s orders. even still, clem s defense attorney says the sentence is too harsh. it doesn t appear from her actions she was saying no, he said of the victim, saying the relationship was consensual. this is a case with two sides to the coin. the evidence was not clear and convincing. now 20, andrews won t hear any of that. she says she was manipulated by him for over six years and stayed in his life because she felt threatened. and i know the truth of what happened and i have people that love me and are going to support me and back me up, all those people that would think that, then they have a problem of their own. reporter: prosecutors say they re looking into options to get the sentence overturned. the defense is also considering an appeal. as for judge james woodruff, he did not return cnn s calls for
understand. like i still can t even process it. reporter: baffled, courtney andrews says there s just no other way to describe how she feels after hearing the man convicted of raping here repeatly since she was 13 years old will somehow avoid jail. an alabama judge sentenced the attack, 35-year-old austin clem to a total of 35 years behind bars but he suspended that sentence opting to give clem equivalent to house arrest. clem still has to register as a sex offender. and i just don t want anyone else to hurt me. and he gets to stay home with his three little girls and that scares the crap out of me. you re scared for their safety. because what s been done to me is done. i don t want anybody else being hurt. reporter: clem has a history of sexual assaults and according to his attorney was sent to a juvenile facility for a sex abuse case before he was 15.
frankly, the attorney said, i think the judge s sentence was surprising to most everyone in the courtroom. but with his track record, andrews was convinced that clem would be sentenced to years in jail. instead, clem will avoid seeing the inside of a jail cell altogether if he following the judge s orders. dan totten, the defense attorney said the sentence is who harsh. saying the relationship was consensual. this is a case with two sides to the coin. the evidence was not clear and convincing. now 20, andrews won t hear any of that. she said she was manipulated by clem for over six years and stayed in his life because she felt threatened. and i know the truth of what happened. and i have people that love me and they re going to support me and back me up. all those people who think that, then they have a problem of their own. reporter: prosecutors say they re looking into options to get the sentence overturned. the defense is also considering an appeal.
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