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Brock Turner: Father's defence of Stanford sex attacker sparks outrageA statement by the father of a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault in California has led to an angry reaction on social media.Brock Turner, 20, was sentenced to six months in county jail and probation for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman last year.But his father said he should not have been jailed for "20 minutes of action".Social media users who criticised his remarks also shared the victim's impact statement, which was read out in court.Prosecutors said that in January 2015, Turner had been seen by two witnesses sexually assaulting the woman, who was lying on the ground, unconscious, on the Stanford campus.More At: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36459504
... In sentencing memos, prosecutors called Turner a "continued threat to the community" and asked the judge to sentence him to six years in state prison.Probation department officials recommended six months in county jail, and Turner requested a four-month county jail term.The maximum sentence Turner could have gotten was 14 years in state prison.Before the sentencing, Persky also heard from Turner's father, who said his son has a gentle, quiet nature and is a humble person.The elder Turner's voice cracked as he told the judge that his son is depressed, eating only to exist."He will never again be his happy-go-lucky self."After the hearing, Turner's attorneys notified the court they plan to appeal the conviction.
... Persky said he thought of the victim's "very eloquent statement" during the hearing in which she described how Turner's assault took away her feelings of self-worth, confidence, security and intimacy.The victim described waking up hours after the assault on a gurney in a hospital, underwear missing, and not knowing how she got there.After nurses removed foliage from her hair and took swabs for a sexual assault kit, she stood in the shower feeling like she didn't want her body anymore and could step out of it like a piece of clothing.Days after, she shut herself off from friends and family. Weeks later, she found herself crying in stairwells at work, refrigerating spoons to reduce the puffiness of her eyes from crying at night and eventually quitting her job."My damage is internal ... I carry it with me," she said.The victim talked about how one night of drinking ruined two lives and how to deal with the aftermath: "I accept the pain and you accept the punishment, and we both move on."She said probation should not be an option because Turner failed to take accountability for his actions and only apologized for drinking and not for assaulting her. ...
Sounds similar to that "affluenza" jerk kid whose mommy protected him.
He's so right. It wasn't right to imprison Jeff Dahmer just for having a hankerin' for a little snack, either. A black writer for the NY Daily News says it's all about white privilege, so there's that.
When I see so much media-fed outrage, I'm immediately skeptical...http://theothermccain.com/2016/06/06/the-wounded-antelope-of-the-herd/Worth a read to at least be aware of another side to this.
