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Stanford rapist is being released this Friday after serving THREE months of his six month sentence.
Absolute travesty of justice.
Stanford Rapist Brock Turner Will Be Released From Jail on Friday
Despite being sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner will now be released Friday, Sept. 2, three months ahead of schedule. As previously reported, Turner's unusually light sentence was shortened before it even began, due to "automatically applied 'credits'" for good behavior.
In January 2015, multiple people witnessed Turner sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster on Stanford University's campus. When two graduate students approached him to make sure the woman was all right, Turner fled — only to be tackled moments later and held down until police arrived at the scene.
Turner was found guilty of three felony counts of sexual assault in June, crimes that normally carry a minimum two-year sentence. However, the judge in the case, Aaron Persky, instead elected to sentence Turner to six months plus probation, a decision that sparked national outrage and multiple petitions demanding he be disbarred. Judge Persky has since announced he will no longer hear criminal cases, according to CNN.
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a63510/brock-turner-released-jail/
Despite being sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner will now be released Friday, Sept. 2, three months ahead of schedule. As previously reported, Turner's unusually light sentence was shortened before it even began, due to "automatically applied 'credits'" for good behavior.
In January 2015, multiple people witnessed Turner sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster on Stanford University's campus. When two graduate students approached him to make sure the woman was all right, Turner fled — only to be tackled moments later and held down until police arrived at the scene.
Turner was found guilty of three felony counts of sexual assault in June, crimes that normally carry a minimum two-year sentence. However, the judge in the case, Aaron Persky, instead elected to sentence Turner to six months plus probation, a decision that sparked national outrage and multiple petitions demanding he be disbarred. Judge Persky has since announced he will no longer hear criminal cases, according to CNN.
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a63510/brock-turner-released-jail/
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I can't believe that little punk is back out there already!
My ex-husband was at Stanford - during Graduation Festivities for his MBA program he got bombed and drove home - Menlo Park - close as u could get to Stanford for off campus housing A cop flashed his lights to pull him over....He sped up and went through small neighborhoods at high speeds to try and ditch cop....pulled into driveway at the house - cop pulled in 30 seconds later...
The cop saw his license, registration etc and the fact that he had just graduated..... no breathylyzer, no drunk test....nuttin'..... it was all well and good.
I guess the MBA pays off....
