When Larry Nassar walked into Judge Rosemarie Aquilina’s courtroom for sentencing, he had no idea what he was in for. In a remarkable hearing, the judge allowed more than 150 women to tell Nassar face to face about the abuse they say was committed by the former USA Gymnastics doctor. For seven days, they spoke, one after another.  Then, after the last victim, it was the judge’s turn.  And she had a lot to say.  Judge Aquilina spoke for 37 minutes about the magnitude of what Nassar had done and how in the end the sentence she was handing down was akin to signing Nassar’s “death warrant.” Simone Biles, an Olympic gold medalist and one of Nassar’s victims took to Twitter to thank the judge.

Watch Judge Aquilina’s full statement above.