The university issued a statement praising the graduate students who intervened and saying the university “did everything within its power to ensure justice was served”, including offering confidential counseling and other support services to the victim even though she was not a Stanford student.
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One of two Swedish students whose late-night actions led to the arrest and eventual conviction of Stanford rapist Brock Turner spoke with the Swedish publication Expressen today, describing how they came across the attack on January 18, 2015 when it was already in progress and could immediately see that something wasn’t right.
In sentencing the young man, who was found by two graduate students lying on top of the unconscious victim behind a dumpster, outside a fraternity party, the judge said the defendant should be treated differently than a sober defendant due to his intoxication.
“The guy stood up then we saw she wasn’t moving still”. “We walked up and asked something like, ‘What are you doing?'” When they interrupted the assault, the man got up and ran.
However, instead of the maximum 14 years of prison, he was sentenced by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky to only six months in prison and probation.
By Monday evening, more than 100,000 people had signed a Change.org petition demanding Judge Persky’s recall.
She also thanked Jonsson and Arndt for their help, noting that she sleeps with two drawings of bicycles above her bed to remind herself that “there are heroes in this story”.
Multiple New York venues have canceled shows by OH band The Good English, after it was revealed that drummer Leslie Rasmussen wrote a letter in defense of Brock Turner, the Stanford student recently convicted of rape. Prosecutors had recommended six years in prison. At the sentencing hearing last week, the 23-year-old victim read an emotional letter detailing what she remembered of the horror, including taking a shower at the hospital after the attack.
Because Turner was convicted of a felony, a probation officer interviewed him.
The entire time. I checked her and she didn’t move at all. They chose to confront Turner.
The victim, who has not been identified, described in her powerful impact statement the condition in which Turner left her. As for the judge, he said at sentencing Turner’s age and lack of criminal history were factors in his decision.
“I did not say he does not deserve to be behind bars”, she said.
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In a statement released by Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Alaleh Kianerci to CNN, the woman said that in addition to wanting to protect her privacy, she could better represent all woman if her name and image were not known. “And that distorted me, damaged me, nearly broke me”. Victim writes letter in Ex-Stanford swimmer sex assault caseWe’re also learning more about what the family had to say.
