Former Montana high school teacher Stacey Dean Rambold was sentenced Friday to 10 years in custody for raping one of his students, the Associated Press reported.
Rambold pleaded guilty to one count of sexual intercourse without consent for raping 14-year-old Cherice Moralez, a freshman he taught in a business class. The incident happened in 2007, and Moralez later committed suicide in 2010.
Last year, Judge G. Todd Baugh sentenced Rambold to just 30 days in prison for the crime.
Judge Baugh ignited outrage during the last year's sentencing for implying that Moralez shared responsibility for the crime.
During Rambold's sentencing, Baugh said that Moralez was in "as much in control of the situation" as her then 49-year-old teacher. He also said that Moralez was "older than her chronological age."
The one-month prison term Baugh imposed also was less than 1% of the 10-year sentence prosecutors had asked for.
The comments and brief prison term prompted calls for Baugh's ouster, with may saying he was blaming the victim for her own rape.
Baugh's comments later prompted the Montana Supreme Court to overturn Rambold's sentence, leading to Friday's new, stiffer penalty.
The Supreme Court overturned Rambold's one-month sentence in June. In the ruling, Chief Justice Mike McGrath said "there is no place in the Montana judiciary for perpetuating the stereotype that women and girls are responsible for sexual crimes committed against them."
Baugh's comments also earned him a public censure and a 31-day suspension without pay. He now plans to retire when his term ends in December.
Rambold's new sentence could keep him in prison for nearly 10 years.
District Judge Randal Spaulding sentenced Rambold to 15 years in prison, but suspended five of those years and gave him credit for time served. Rambold may also have the opportunity to serve some time in a pre-release center, the AP reported.
In a letter Rambold wrote for his sentencing, he said that his experience during the case has been "hard."
"No one can really appreciate and understand what it feels like to have so many people actually hate you and be disgusted by you," Rambold wrote. "I do not mention this for the sake of sympathy, but it has been hard."