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Legal analyst danny is he cevallos as well as heather hansen. nischelle turner is going to stand by, as well. danny, let me start with you. the fact the ecstasy charges goes forward but the rape charge does not, they cite theres not enough evidence. we dont have the any information on this case. what essentially might that mean? >> something is strange with this case and heres why. this involves a witness that the prosecution ultimately felt was not credible. yet theyre proceeding on a drug poss...

We had patchy frost the last couple nights in new england. saranac lake, it was in the 20s in new york. >> do they wear coats in 60 degrees? >> depends where you come from. in atlanta perhaps, in maine i dont think so. >> all right. thanks so much. a montana judge who sparked national outrage when he sentenced a teacher to just 30 days on a rape charge was back in court to talk about the case. youll see exactly what happened next. u.s. congress must decide should the u.s. strike syria. congr...

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...

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 prosec...

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 were always stopping is because i have to go to the bathroom. and when were sitting in traffic, i worry ill 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 nights 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 didnt rape her. ever since he was trying to get back his football career. he made his debut. before the ga...

Leadies and gentlemen it is my duty as a broadcaster to inform you in case you havent heard the news that beyonce got a haircut. thats right, thats beyonces new haircut. wow. she posted this on instagram, its 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 its 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 s...

>> whitlow had recent write-ups for exposing himself, not for anybody he was married to, but prisoners. >> i have to do a rape charge i didnt do. i was mad. anyone out there seeing this -- >> he intended to blame other people for his problems, but the fact of the matter was he was exposing himself to nurses and to people and then he would talk about it, which in a way, its an affront to most inmates. >> the exposures, i know for a fact, that were forced upon me, forcing me to be in my cell nude ...

>> while close management serves as a prison within the prison, many of santa rosas general population inmates have been transferred here after proving to be too much to handle at other florida state prisons. among them is danny pritchett. >> pritchett was recently received here at santa rosa. he is a predatory inmate, has a history of that outside of prison and inside of prison. >> i never got along with anybody because i was always standoffish, i was a loner, stand away from everybody because ...

I never saw mike mcqueary. i dont know whether the young man saw him. i dont know. >> youre sure you never saw mike mcqueary? >> i am sure. >> this is a man who refused to take the stand in his case, but to you, hes now coming out in this flippant, semi-jocular manner talking about abusing young boys in a shower, regardless whether he raped them or not, hes been convicted. whether you believe him or not -- >> he was acquitted of the rape charge in that particular case. >> he doesnt dispute runni...