Dumbass Judge Giving 49 Year Old Schoolteacher 30 Days for Raping 14 Year Old Is Texas Native

Montana District Judge G. Todd Baugh

Nena and I were discussing the Montana judge who gave Stacey Rambold, 54 year old former school teacher, a 30 day sentence for raping a 14 year old student.(Actually, the sentence was for 15 years with all but 31 days suspended and credit for time served, one day.)   Over morning coffee, Nena said:  "A judge who rules like that, must have made other questionable decisions."

You may be somewhat familiar with the story.  Rambold's victim, Cherise Morales, committed suicide in 2010 at the age of 17, distraught over the publicity of the pending court case.  Without a victim to testify, the Yellowstone County Attorney, Scott Twito, found the case more difficult to prosecute three counts of sexual intercourse without consent and worked out a plea deal with Rambold to plead guilty to one count, receiving a suspended sentence with probation.

Convicted Rapist Stacey Rambold

When Rambold violated terms of his probation, by not attending sex offender meetings and not refraining from association with teenagers, he came before Judge G. Todd Baugh's District 13, Department 5, Montana court.  Chief Deputy Attorney Rod Sousa asked for 20 years imprisonment with 10 years suspended.

Incredibly, Judge Baugh, after listening to recorded statements by the 14 year old victim, found her to be "as much in control of the situation" as Rambold.(Legally, a 14 year old cannot give consent.)  Baugh also stated that he found the victim to be "older than her chronological age."  Of course, a judge does not have any authority to make that boneheaded decision.  The chronological age is the legal age, period.(We're not talking about a minor who has been emancipated.)

Googling Judge G. Todd Baugh, I did find this unsubstantiated comment in the online Billings Gazette:  "Judge Baugh is the same judge who years ago gave no jail time to a white man driving under the influence who killed a Native American."

Then, this in the Helena Independent Record:  "A 55 year old Billings woman struck a plea agreement for what would have been her 13th conviction for driving under the influence.  She was given a three year suspended sentence.  . . . . . . Judge G. Todd Baugh, who presided in the case, warned her: 'If you drink and drive and kill someone, you will spend some real time in prison."  So, Judge Baugh is saying the woman has to kill someone to receive jail time in his court, despite her 12 previous DUI convictions!  Another idiotic ruling accompanied by a dumbass statement.

Doing more research on Judge Baugh, I found him to be a 1964 graduate of Rice University with a B.A. degree in economics.  He later received a law degree from the University of Texas in 1967.  He is currently 71 years old, D.O.B. 10/21/1941.

Baugh was raised in Rotan, TX, the son of NFL Hall of Famer "Slingin'" Sammy Baugh, who still holds two NFL passing records.  Sammy Baugh coached the Washington Redskins, died in 2008 at the age of 94.

With all of the bad publicity in the rape case, Judge G. Todd Baugh issued a half-hearted apology.  The Montana Attorney General issued a statement finding the sentence "illegal," stating that Montana statutes required a 2 year minimum sentence.  The AG is investigating the sentence.