welcome back, another crime and punishment report now. for more than a week outrage has been building over the light sentence given to a former teacher in montana admitting to raping his 14-year-old student. the judge that imposed the sentence madeout rageous remarks about the young rape victim. the attorney general stepped in and took action. randi kaye joins me and jeffrey toobin. remind the viewers who happened. this case goes back to 2007 when stacey rambold raped shareece morlaes. he was 49, she was 14 and a student. he was charged with sexual intercourse without consent but before the case could go to trial, cherice morzlez took her life. it was days before her 17th birthday, in 2010. prosecutors were concerned about trying rambold without the star witness so offered him a deal if he admitted to a rape charge,
trying rambold without the star witness so offered him a deal if he admitted to a rape charge, complete add sex offender program and had no unsupervised contact with minors but he failed the treatment program, so the felony charges were refiled against him. last week, he was sentenced in the case, and the judge only sentenced him to 15 years with all but 31 days suspended. he got only a month, anderson, for admitting to raping a 14-year-old girl. that brings us to today when montana state prosecutors appeal the case calling the sentence quote illegal. the judge said he was never made aware of any mandatory minimum sentence of two years. this boggles my mind. how a judge could sentence this guy to 30 days. yesterday, he filed a report saying that his ruling may have been illegal but he basically blamed the prosecutor saying they didn t inform him about this mandatory minimum. the judge, i think the key fact to know about him is he is
treatment plan, what the judge did instead of going back to the rape charge he saw it as a minor violation of the treatment plan, slapped him on his hand, sent him away, 30 days, see you later. too bad. we have to leave it there. more news after this break. ok, i am coming. [ susan ] i hate that the reason we re always stopping is because i have to go to the bathroom. and when we re sitting in traffic, i worry i ll have an accident.
one year after being exonerated of a rape charge, brian banks made his nfl debut. andy joins us with more on the bleacher report. good morning, guys. last night s game was a long time coming for brian banks. he was once one of the biggest high school football stars in the country. in 2002, he was convicted of rape and spent five years in prison. the accuser came forward and admitted he didn t rape her. ever since he was trying to get back his football career. he made his debut. before the game, he tweeted game day. never thought this day would come. if it all ends here, mom, i did it. tiger woods hopes to end his major drought. he had plenty of work to do. he dug a hole shooting one over. he s six shots back of the lead.
leadies and gentlemen it is my duty as a broadcaster to inform you in case you haven t heard the news that beyonce got a haircut. that s right, that s beyonce s new haircut. wow. she posted this on instagram, it s called the pixie cut and just like that beyonce put the weave industry out of business. i think she looks good but her fans are divided, some say it s weird and unflattering while others have lives. ha, ha! that was good. he wins. fallon wins on that one. it was a great slam at some of us. generally. we talked a lot about that yesterday and you know what? point taken. thank you very much. moving on then, great comeback story this morning, one year after being cleared of a rape charge that cost him a