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Stanford Swimmer Brock Turner Released from Jail After Only 3 Months

HeadlineSep 02, 2016

Meanwhile, Stanford swimmer Brock Turner is slated to leave a Santa Clara jail today, after serving only three months of a six-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. His short sentence has sparked massive outrage against the judge on the case, Aaron Persky. It’s also inspired California lawmakers to pass a new law requiring prison time for those convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious victim. In a widely read letter, Brock Turner’s victim wrote: “You took away my worth, my privacy, my energy, my time, my intimacy, my confidence, my own voice, until today.”

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