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6/9/16
The six-month jail sentence of Brock Turner, the former Stanford student who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman, triggered a lot of outrage - with critics arguing the weak sentence shows that rape and sexual assault on college campuses isn't taken seriously by the legal system.
Read more from Vox6/9/16
Dayum.... I've never heard of this happening before, have you?
The East Bay Times reports that "at least 10 prospective jurors" refused to participate in Judge Aaron Persky's next trial in protest at the cozy 6-month sentence ( out in 12 weeks) he gave Stanford rapist Brock Turner.
Read more from Boing Boing6/11/16
"We moved into our home on Jan. 17 2015. Then we got that fateful call from Brock on Sunday the 18th and our world has been spinning apart ever since," Carleen Turner wrote. "This house now reminds me of the horror of that moment.
Read more from Rawstory6/11/16
The Stanford sexual-assualt judge is now facing calls for a misconduct investigation. https://t.co/HATy7vEwkI pic.twitter.com/iQ5eOT9l9l
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) June 11, 2016
6/11/16
Judge Aaron Persky said he took Brock Turner "at his word" last week when he sentenced the onetime Stanford University swimming star on charges that he sexually assaulted a woman on campus. Turner said he thought he was having consensual sex with the victim, even though she was unconscious when he was caught on top of her behind a dumpster.
Read more from latimes.com6/14/16
A juror who helped convict former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner in a sex assault case was "absolutely shocked and appalled" by the sentence, according to the Palo Alto Weekly. The male juror, who requested anonymity to protect his privacy, delivered a letter to Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky on Saturday, the paper reported.
Read more from USA TODAY6/14/16
The judge who presided over the Brock Turner case has been removed from a new sexual assault case.
Read more from KTVU7/12/16
"We all need to try to protect the next Emily Doe against the next Brock Turner."
Read more from Mother Jones8/6/16
The public outrage after a Santa Clara County Superior Court judge sentenced a Stanford University student to six months in jail for sexual assault led California lawmakers to respond in a familiar way. Two weeks after the sentencing, two Northern California legislators introduced a bill to ensure that anyone convicted of a similar crime in the future would receive a mandatory prison sentence.
Read more from KTLA8/24/16
This story has it all: sexual harassment, sexual assault, scientific fraud, freedom of the press, privacy...
Are you paying attention, entomologists? https://t.co/jGEk4kLl8w Ento Faculty member at center of sexual assault lawsuit
— Ento-Allies (@Ento_Allies) August 24, 2016