Another Judicial Screw-Up

[Elessar]

Rapist gets 6 months in jail and punk's father 'excuses' the criminal behavior:

http://www.aol.com/article/2016/06/06/father-of-stanford-swimmer-who-raped-unconscious-woman-wont-adm/21390204/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D-1104142119_htmlws-main-bb

[jimnyc]

She was unconscious. A light sentence because prison would have a severe impact on him? Well, wtf??? Isn't that kinda the point in sending someone to the slammer? Only 6 months? And in a lame county jail as well? WHAT is wrong with this picture? Does someone have the goods on this judge or something?

I don't understand why he ONLY face up to potentially 14 years, but he should have reached that number, or much closer to it, than a few lame months.

Unless I'm missing something in this one, the justice system has failed this young woman.

[Elessar]

S
Unless I'm missing something in this one, the justice system has failed this young woman.

Failed deeply.

And his father justified his behavior, just like the other case mentioned where the school
teacher of 23 was sexually involved with her student of 13, then 14.

http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?55357-Teacher-having-sex-with-8th-grade-boy

[revelarts]

I'd like to see the judges sentencing record.. and see him fired ... at the least.

"rich" -cough- privilege and unfair sentencing is not real though.:rolleyes:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G1bNbKRfB0
rapist is a full on scumbag. He raped her and then lied that he was attacked by the rescuers.
6 months is not even a slap on the wrist.


Maybe he and that kid Ethan Couch who killed 4 people while drinking and driving can party.
Afulenza is a terrible thing.

[Gunny]

She was unconscious. A light sentence because prison would have a severe impact on him? Well, wtf??? Isn't that kinda the point in sending someone to the slammer? Only 6 months? And in a lame county jail as well? WHAT is wrong with this picture? Does someone have the goods on this judge or something?

I don't understand why he ONLY face up to potentially 14 years, but he should have reached that number, or much closer to it, than a few lame months.

Unless I'm missing something in this one, the justice system has failed this young woman.

Actually, 6 months in a lame county jail would drive me freakin' nuts. At least the big jails feed you. Those little podunk ones are over-crowded and the food sh*t. I ate better in the field. And if they stick him in one of those over-crowded areas and he's a rapist? It ain't going to be fun for him.

I agree the sentence is too light, but look where you're talking about.

[darin]

Maybe she lied? Maybe he lied? (shrug). The system we get - legal and governmental - is the system we put in place.

[Kathianne]

Good news is that the jury found him guilty of 3 counts, the OP title says it all, it was the Judge that was wrong.

Now it seems there are over 1 million signatures being used to start a recall. It's not just that problem for the judge either:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/jurors-refuse-serve-judge-sentenced-stanford-rapist-article-1.2667764


California jurors upset over Stanford rapist’s sentencing refuse to serve on judge’s other case


Jurors upset over a California judge’s light sentencing for convicted Stanford University rapist Brock Turner have started refusing to serve under the judge, according to a report.

At least 10 prospective Santa Clara County jurors declined to serve this week in Judge Aaron Persky’s court in an unrelated case because they object to the judge’s six-month jail sentence for the former All-American swimmer, the San Jose Mercury News reported (http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_29997198/judge-aaron-persky-prospective-jurors-refuse-serve) Thursday.

One potential juror stood up in court during jury selection for the misdemeanor stolen property case and told Persky, “I can't believe what you did,” according to multiple sources cited by the newspaper.

“I can't be here, I'm so upset," another person said as lawyers tried to pick jurors for the case. Persky excused everyone who said they objected to his handling of the case and told them, “I understand.”


An online national petition calling for Persky’s removal (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/recall-petition-started-judge-stanford-rape-case-article-1.2663260) from the bench in light of the sentencing last week for Turner’s three sexual assault felonies had attracted nearly 1 million supporters by Thursday afternoon. Anti-sexism organization Ultra-Violet announced that activists will deliver 1 million signatures Friday to the California Commission on Judicial Performance from people who want Persky off the bunch.

And Stanford law professor Michele Dauber, who said she is a family friend of the victim in the January 2015 assault, has started a local campaign to recall Persky.

“Judge Persky's decision is unacceptable,” according to the recall campaign’s website (http://www.recallaaronpersky.com/about). “His ruling also sends the message that campus rape is not ‘real’ rape. Rape is rape whether it happens on campus or off and whether the perpetrator is an elite athlete or not. This dangerous ruling makes all women at Stanford and at colleges across California less safe.”


Persky ran unopposed earlier this week in the California primaries. His short county jail sentence for Turner, which requires him to register as a sex offender for life, ran counter to prosecutors’ recommended six-year state prison term but fell in line with a probation committee’s report.

The judge cited the 20-year-old Turner’s lack of criminal history and his youth in finding that a longer sentence would pose a “severe impact” on Turner (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/stanford-swimmer-convicted-rape-six-month-sentence-article-1.2660487). Representatives for the court have said he cannot discuss Turner’s case publicly because his lawyers appealed his March conviction.

A jury found Turner guilty of assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated or unconscious person, penetration of an intoxicated person and penetration of an unconscious person. He could walk free in as little as three months with good behavior.



If you haven't read the victim's 'impact statement' I would suggest you do.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/heres-the-powerful-letter-the-stanford-victim-read-to-her-ra?utm_term=.efLokE70ex#.llk5RlDqVP

Those two Swedish grad students likely prevented even worse from happening:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/stanford-rape-case-hero-swedish-students-who-stopped-brock-turners-attack-describe-what-they-saw-a7070226.html