If you’ve ever doubted the power of words, consider the huge reaction they kindled this week over a sexual assault case involving a former Stanford University student.
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Investigators obtained a search warrant for Turner’s phone but were unable to retrieve the alleged photo because GroupMe “images are not stored on the phone and can be deleted by a third member in the group”, the document said. “But when we finally did could only drink for like an hour and a half”.
In addition, text messages indicated Turner used drugs while in high school and at Stanford, including references to acid as well as a a highly concentrated and potent form of marijuana.
Brock Turner attends court.
Turner was sentenced to six months behind bars.
“I have daughters in college myself, and I find it deeply disturbing that a judge like Persky could let a campus predator like Turner off with barely a slap on the wrist”, Shallman said. At the time, he was a freshman at the university. They all said no. Foubert changed the phrasing, however, and 10 percent of first-year brothers reported they’d penetrated a woman against her permission.
Turner’s lawyer did not immediately return phone messages Friday seeking comment about the documents.
Judge Aaron Persky ignited a firestorm of criticism by sentencing Turner, 20, to six months in jail and three years probation, reports the New York Post.
– September 2014 – Turner starts attending Stanford University on a swimming scholarship.
Afterwards, US Vice President Joe Biden wrote a letter to the victim, saying he felt “furious anger” over the sentence. Turner is white. And Batey is serving a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 to 25 years in prison, while Turner is scheduled to be released before the pools close at the end of this summer.
The Turner case is seen as particularly emblematic of the way rape assaults are handled on United States campuses, where observers say lax policies have created a climate of impunity and discouraged victims from speaking out, especially when sports stars are involved.
The sister of a Chicago businessman who authorities say was poisoned with cyanide after winning the lottery four years says police have done nothing to solve the case. You didn’t even stop when I was unconscious anyway!
Although I was asked to share how I knew him, how long I have known him, his character and personality, time spent with him, activities together, and any other opinion I had on the matter, I was not there that night.
Brock Turner’s arrest mug shot.
“The university has still not apologized to her or expressed any compassion toward her”, Dauber said. But a probation officer assigned to the case recommended that Turner be given a “moderate” jail term followed by probation.
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, whose rousing keynote speech called on Republicans to reconsider their endorsement of Donald Trump, closed his address urging sexual assaults be taken seriously.
Victoria Henley, director and chief counsel of California’s Commission on Judicial Performance, said that complaints to the commission are confidential, so she could not confirm or deny whether any have been made about Persky.
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The plane carrying a banner reading “Protect Survivors”. And they depict Turner as not simply making a bad choice, but having a penchant for making aggressive, unwanted advances on women; at the fraternity party where he met the victim, he kept forcing kisses on the victim’s younger sister as she “wiggled out of his hold”. He said it was due to their inaction that rape culture still persists in America.
