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Brock Turner sentencing sets off outrage in Stanford sexual assault case

Edit Vox 09 Jun 2016
When Brock Allen Turner, a 20-year-old former Stanford University student, was found guilty of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, the verdict seemed to address a broader problem at Stanford and campuses across the country ... Then last week, Turner was sentenced to six months in county jail and three years probation ... The woman eloquently detailed her harrowing experience in a statement made directly to Turner in court....

Swedish Grad Student Recounts Nabbing Rapist Brock Turner [Video]

Edit Inquisitr 09 Jun 2016
Carl-Fredrik Arndt spoke to Swedish news outlet Expressen on Tuesday about that night in January 2015 when former Stanford varsity swimmer Brock Allen Turner sexually assaulted a 23-year-old student ... The men saw Turner on top of a seemingly unconscious semi-naked woman and immediately figured something was wrong. The woman was not moving but Turner was “aggressively thrusting his hips into her”....

Judge in Brock Turner Rape Case Has Received Death Threats

Edit Newsweek 09 Jun 2016
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky has come under withering nationwide criticism and faces a recall effort for the sentence he imposed last week on 20-year-old Brock Allen Turner for the January 2015 attack. Prosecutors had asked that Turner be put behind bars for six years ... The furor has also led to threats of another kind as a group of self-styled witches set up a Facebook page named "The Hexing of Brock Turner."....

Stanford Rapist -- Special Jail Protection ... To Prevent Inmate Beatdown

Edit TMZ 09 Jun 2016
Brock Allen Turner -- the ex-Stanford swimmer convicted of rape --- has been placed in protective custody while serving his sentence at Santa Clara County Jail ... Judge Aaron Persky sentenced Turner to 6 months in county jail for raping a 23-year-old woman on the Stanford campus in 2015 ......

Convicted Stanford rapist defends himself with letter full of excuses

Edit Mashable 09 Jun 2016
Brock Turner was given a 6-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman near a dumpster on campus, a punishment so light compared to the maximum 14-year sentence that it has sparked outrage ... The thought of this is in my head every second of everyday since this event has occurred," Turner said ... Turner was initially caught running from the scene by two passersby....

June 9 letters to the editor

Edit Contra Costa Times 09 Jun 2016
Turner sentence was just more of sameI am writing in response to Scott Herhold's column, "Brock Turner deserves county jail, not state prison, for Stanford sex assault," in which Herhold states that Turner should be given a light sentence for his sexual assault conviction ... ....

Stanford Tops Federal List With 5 Sexual Violence Investigations

Edit National Public Radio 09 Jun 2016
That crime, committed by former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, generated outrage after a judge sentenced Turner to six months in the county jail after he was convicted of three felony counts related to his sexual assault of an unconscious woman on Stanford's campus in January of 2015 ... The Turner case was handled by the criminal justice system, not by Stanford....

Drummer faces wrath in ex-Stanford swimmer rape case

Edit Times Union 09 Jun 2016
Rasmussen, who lives in suburban Dayton, Ohio, is a friend since childhood of ex-Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner who was convicted last week of felony sexual assault and attempted rape ... Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky cited Turner's clean criminal record and the impact the conviction will have on his life ... In the aftermath, a "character statement" Rasmussen wrote in support of 20-year-old Turner was leaked....

Why rape is a men's issue

Edit CNN 09 Jun 2016
(CNN)The recent outrage against the lenient sentencing of former Stanford student-athlete Brock Turner -- six months instead of the six years requested by the district attorney -- is justifiable. We are furious at the judge involved, who cited Turner's age, character, and the fact that "a prison sentence would have a severe impact on him...I think he will not be a danger to others." ... Brock Turner's dad asked for leniency in rape case....

'She is someone': Lena Dunham and cast of Girls back Stanford sexual assault survivor

Edit The Guardian 09 Jun 2016
In a video posted to Twitter, Dunham and co-stars urge support for victims of sexual violence in wake of outcry over sentencing of Brock Turner ... The 7,500-word victim impact statement submitted in the trial of 20-year-old Brock Turner for three charges of sexual assault has drawn international attention since it was first published last week ... To Brock Turner's victim....

Another Jack Greynolds at helm in Barberton; son is hired to coach basketball team that ...

Edit Ohio 09 Jun 2016
The late Jack Greynolds Sr., one of the most winning high school basketball coaches in Ohio history, had a stroke in 1987 ... So as Jack Greynolds Jr ... Jack Jr. is pretty sure Jack Sr ... “It was his way of saying he was proud of me,” Jack Jr ... Older residents who remember Barberton’s glory years as a perennial state contender in boys basketball may get a nostalgic chill hearing the name Jack Greynolds again ... Jack Jr....

The biggest lessons from the Stanford sexual assault case

Edit Vox 09 Jun 2016
What Hillary Clinton's nomination means for women (and which ones); moving beyond internet outrage in the case against Brock Turner ... You may have heard over the past few days about the case of former Stanford student Brock Turner, who was sentenced to six months in jail last week on three felony counts for sexually assaulting a woman while she was unconscious....

Stanford attacker's letter to the judge

Edit CBS News 09 Jun 2016
Before Brock Turner was sentenced for assaulting an unconscious woman, he wrote to the judge pleading not to go to prison and apologizing for his actions. In the letter obtained by CBS News, Turner gives his view of that night ... ....
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