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Former Stanford University athlete Brock Allen Turner, 20, raped an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. Prosecutors wanted him put away for 6 years, but the judge, Aaron Persky, gave him 6 months to avoid being unnecessarily harsh on the boy. He'll be out in a few weeks.
After a jury convicted Turner of sexually penetrating an intoxicated and unconscious person with a foreign object, prosecutors asked a judge to sentence him to six years in California prison. Probation officials had recommended the significantly lighter penalty of six months in county jail, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
The judge, Aaron Perksy, cited Turners age and lack of criminal history as factors in his decision, saying, A prison sentence would have a severe impact on him I think he will not be a danger to others.
This was described as a "brazen" attack: he was physically forced off of his victim, then chased down and detained by passers-by until police arrived. Yet this column, by Scott Herhold, was the sort of coverage he enjoyed in the press:
http://boingboing.net/2016/06/03/campus-rapist-given-lenient-se.html
No mugshots in county orange available? They used a sweet, smiling, innocent looking yearbook photo to show exactly what sort of people are entitled to leniency?
More links:
http://www.inquisitr.com/3167966/missing-mugshot-brock-turners-stanford-yearbook-pic-in-lieu-of-booking-photo-causes-outrage/
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_29805722/prince-cremated-celebrated-private-ceremony?source=infinite-up
Unconscious girl behind a dumpster and forcibly stopped and chased down by 2 older students sounds like a very shitty scenario that really should be more difficult to get away with.
Maybe Trump can build a wall outside fraternities?
Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)seems like a miscarriage of justice to me
avaistheone1
(14,626 posts)I think both the advising probation officer and the judge are to blame on this soft sentence.
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Warpy
(111,417 posts)It's supposed to have a "severe impact" on offenders. It's why we put them there, in the hope that they won't want to go back and won't do it again. Sometimes, it even works that way.
This punk will only know that nobody cares about punishing rapists.
I hope this sentence is appealed. I hope this deeply biased judge is off the bench.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)No excuse for this kinda sentence. Guess fucking what? You rape someone, there should absolutely be a negative impact on you. When do we stop worrying about damaging these entitled little shits life plans and start focusing on the damage they've done to their victims? This story made me want to throw up.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)malaise
(269,256 posts)Yep - he fits the part for the frat judge
lpbk2713
(42,772 posts)Bullshit.
His family should have to pay for his victim's care and prescriptions for the rest of her life.
IronLionZion
(45,615 posts)The circumstances sound really brutal
jwirr
(39,215 posts)event for the victim. It ignores both physical and emotional damage.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Orrex
(63,261 posts)We can all take comfort in the knowledge that this young lad won't face any real consequences for the violent sexual assault that he committed.
Just reading posts
(688 posts)stage left
(2,967 posts)Six months is a cruel joke.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,375 posts)Appeals, good behavior, he'll have this expunged and won't be on any list of sexual offenders.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)This young woman is going to have to live with this for the rest of her life. Six months is a f**king insult!
I'd like to smack the smirking grin off his disgusting face.
Rex
(65,616 posts)My question is, who does his family know to get him such a light sentence. He should be serving a 20 year sentence in a state prison.
Bettie
(16,141 posts)If you see an unconscious girl lying outside by a dumpster and you think "hey, I'm going to rape this girl" instead of "I should get some help for her", then you are a terrible person and should not be allowed around normal people.
He's right. What thought process leads someone to thinking that it is their right to rape a young woman who is completely helpless?
Rex
(65,616 posts)He should be watched for the rest of his life, no way is he normal after committing such a monstrous crime.
ismnotwasm
(42,022 posts)Sick.
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)because they have an illness -- an addiction to drugs. Think that doesn't impact their future? Try getting a job when you have zero connections and have to answer "yes" to the "Ever convicted of a crime?" question on the employment app.
I hate this. That entitled piece of shit is being coddled while that judge no doubt enforces strict sentencing on others. And the predator will no doubt use daddy's considerable connections to land a cushy job.
Just another example of the vast gulf between the haves and have nots that characterizes this country.
Hiraeth
(4,805 posts)keithbvadu2
(37,011 posts)The poor misunderstood youth.
PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)Takket
(21,677 posts)look at all those lenient sentences that young black males get for having an ounce of marijuana so that their lives aren't ruined by one adolescent mistake. Who should this guy not get the same gentle treatment?
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)Rich.
Expect to see him welcomed into the empire.
mehneh
(39 posts)elljay
(1,178 posts)this year. However, he will be up for reelection in 6 years. Santa Clara residents- take note and Mark your calendars. Find out who endorsed him and let them know that you will no longer patronize their businesses. Make sure he has an opponent next time and vote him out! Wish I could help but I'm one county away...
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)That judge needs to be removed.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)Now, Turners father, Dan, has reportedly wrote a letter in opposition to his sons sentence, blaming the case for damaging Brocks happy go lucky nature and loss of appetite.
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The letter was posted on Twitter by Michele Dauber, the Stanford law professor who helped draft new university procedures for penalizing sexual violence.
blue neen
(12,335 posts)"totally committed to educating other college age students about the dangers of alcohol consumption and sexual promiscuity."
Sexual promiscuity? What Brock Turner did to that woman had nothing to do with sexual promiscuity. He is a depraved individual.
Rex
(65,616 posts)So disgusting to see a human life given the name, '20 minutes of action'. Think I might have to write a nasty letter to someone, this really pisses me off even more.
As usual, the female victim is not even given a moments consideration. No apology or even a hint of the victim in that letter. Broken and shattered? The rapist?
The father should be ashamed to write that letter, but all that is important to him is his little rapist Brock the sex offender.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)but what makes me angrier is the assertion by the father that his son has never been violent. The act or rape and/or sexual assault is violent. His victim had scrapes and bruising, that doesn't happen non-violently.
Rex
(65,616 posts)ation! Nobody is ever too intoxicated not to know what rape is...the father and son need some serious therapy and of course all they care about is the son's 'reputation' and not the poor victim left behind the dumpster.
The entire thing makes my blood boil.
stage left
(2,967 posts)If I were in charge of punishment, they would, father and son, be forced to listen to the powerful words of the victim whose life Brock shattered everyday for the next ten years. Maybe then it would sink in. Shame, shame, Dan Turner.
Ilsa
(61,710 posts)Victim's impact letter. She talked about the cruelty of how she was treated by the system. She used logic, also, to explain why Brock the Rapist's version was a lie. The judge had to hear it, too, but he didn't give a shit about her.
At least he's a registered sex offender now.
Dorian Gray
(13,517 posts)"He can educate people about the dangers of alcohol consumption and sexual promiscuity?"
What he did was NOT promiscuous. He RAPED an unconscious woman.
He should be depressed. He should be anxious. He destroyed a woman's life.
Skittles
(153,261 posts)very disgusting
jmowreader
(50,580 posts)Good!
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)I wish there was a way when judges screw up sentencing that someone with more authority can overrule them. This happens way too often in affluent white guy rape cases.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)If he got 6 years no one would know who he is.
Karma
Initech
(100,129 posts)And guess what? It's not a trans man / woman, it's a creepy white guy.