Billings , Montana ( CNN ) -- Fighting back tears , Auliea Hanlon sat on the witness stand in a Montana courtroom , just feet away from the man who pleaded guilty to raping her 14-year-old daughter -- and initially received a sentence that required him to serve just 31 days in prison . `` Here we are -- six , seven years later , still waiting for justice , '' she said , according to video of the sentencing from CNN affiliate KTVQ . `` He knew what he was doing . He knew what was going to happen to her . '' `` And he did n't care . '' Stacey Dean Rambold was accused of raping Cherice Moralez , a freshman in his business class at Billings Senior High , in 2007 . Moralez committed suicide in 2010 , before the case went to trial and before she reached her 17th birthday . The 55-year-old teacher pleaded guilty to sexual intercourse without consent ; last year Judge G. Todd Baugh handed Rambold a 15-year sentence with all but 31 days suspended . On Friday , Judge Randal Spaulding resentenced Rambold , this time to 15 years in prison , with five years of that suspended , according to a prosecutor in the case . Rambold was then handcuffed in court and taken to Montana State Prison . Rambold will get credit for the month he served behind bars earlier in the case , according to Yellowstone County prosecutor Scott Twito . Montana teen loved pit bulls , poetry before rape and suicide . The first sentence . Rambold was first charged in 2008 , after Moralez confided in a church group leader . After the initial ruling , Baugh drew intense criticism for both the brief duration of his initial sentence and comments he made , which some said placed blame on the victim . Baugh said the victim looked older than her years and was `` probably as much in control of the situation as was the defendant , '' according to the Montana attorney general 's office . Montana 's Supreme Court ruled that Baugh used an inapplicable statute to impose the original sentence and that a new judge would have to resentence Rambold . State Supreme Court Justice Michael E. Wheat wrote in ruling in April that Baugh 's comments reflected an improper bias and `` cast serious doubt on the appearance of justice . '' Baugh apologized for the comments but defended his initial sentence . Writing to a judicial review board , he said : `` I am sorry I made those remarks . They focused on the victim when that aspect of the case should have been focused on the defendant . '' Baugh told KTVQ in January that he would retire at the end of the year . The decision , he said , was n't related to the Rambold controversy . Texas judge under fire for rape sentence , implying victim was promiscuous . CNN 's Jack Hannah and Jason Hanna contributed to this report .
Senior Michael Rambold was originally given 31 days in prison . Rambold pleaded guilty to raping a student in his business class . The teenage girl committed suicide before the case went to trial . The original month - long trial drew intense criticism for the judge who upheld it .