Former District Judge G. Todd Baugh has been chosen for a lifetime achievement award by his local bar association . The Associated Press President Jessica Fehr said Thursday that Baugh was chosen for the award by the group 's board of directors . Baugh , 73 , sparked widespread outrage in 2013 over comments suggesting that 14-year-old girl shared some responsibility for her rape by a teacher . He sentenced Stacey Rambold to just one month in prison in the case . At the sentencing , Baugh said 14-year-old Cherice Moralez was 'as much in control of the situation ' as Rambold . He also described Moralez as 'older than her chronological age ' and called her a troubled youth . Moralez killed herself before the case went to trial . After prosecutors appealed , Rambold was re-sentenced in September and is serving 10 years in Montana State Prison . He is appealing the sentence .
Former District Judge G. Todd Baugh has been chosen for a lifetime achievement award by his local bar association . Yellowstone Area Bar Association President Jessica Fehr said Thursday that Baugh was chosen for the award by the group 's board of directors . Baugh , 73 , sparked widespread outrage in 2013 over comments suggesting that 14-year-old girl shared some responsibility for her rape by a teacher . He sentenced Stacey Rambold to just one month in prison in the case . At the sentencing , Baugh said 14-year-old Cherice Moralez was 'as much in control of the situation ' as Rambold . He also described Moralez as 'older than her chronological age ' and called her a troubled youth . Moralez killed herself before the case went to trial . After prosecutors appealed , Rambold was re-sentenced in September and is serving 10 years in Montana State Prison . He is appealing the sentence .