they re very good. let s get to montana, a story we ve been following closely, hundreds of people protesting a montana jublg s decision to sentence a confessed rapist to 30 days in prison. protesters want the judge off the bench and the rapist put away for years. as cnn s miguel marquez shows us the cries for justice are growing louder. we are here today to say that our community will not stand for victim blaming language any more. reporter: protests of anger in montana spreading, rallies planned across the state over judge g. todd baugh s comments and light sentence for a rapest incensed montana and the nation. this is about month monana ar nation and rape victims all over the world and the world is watching us. reporter: sheena rice, an organizer, revealed this week she, too, was a victim of sexual
to sound off. we are here today to say that our community will not stand for victim-blaming language anymore. reporter: protests and anger in montana spreading. rallies spread across the state as anger over g. todd baugh s comment about a rape victim and a light sentence for the suspect. it s about rape victims all over the world and the world is watching us. reporter: sheena royce said she, too, is a victim of assault. this man was sentenced to 30 days in jail after he broke his terms of parole for a rape of a 14-year-old. we re creating a pretty big
0 military strike. the u.s. evidence could be made public today to balance it out. we are going to cover every angel of it beginning with dana top obama officials insisted to lawmakers on the thursday night conference call they have no doubt ba sar assad s regime in syria was behind deadly chemical attacks there. secretaries of state, defense and others backed that up by revealing to lawmakers that the u.s. intercepted communications from a high level syrian official, which clearly indicates they were responsible for these weapons, that according to congressman el yol engel who participated in the call. though obama insists no decisions have been made, cnn is also told they privately made clear to lawmakers that chemical weapons in syria is such a threat the u.s. could engage with or without support from great britain. bob corker emerged from briefings thursday announcing support for surgical proportional military strikes, given the evidence of continued use of chemical warfare. bob
were rape victims. and it was the first time that they were ever talking about their experience being sexually assaulted. and they thought this was the opportune moment to come out and to share their story to support the victim and to seek what they perceive is justice in this sentence. so what specifically justicewise are they asking for? reporter: well, they re asking for three things, brooke. first they re asking for his resignation. they said this cannot stand. the event organizers got up and they spoke briefly and said this is the sort of thing that just cannot stand. in billings, montana. it cannot stand anywhere in the nation. second of all, they want this sentence to be appealed to the montana supreme court. and they want to see some judicial action come from somewhere to right this perceived wrong. thirdly, they would like a judicial review committee which comes from the montana supreme court to look at judge baugh s case load in the past and to see if there are any percei
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