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Sexual Assault Survivors Support

jonno99

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Reply to niyad (Original post)

Mon Jun 6, 2016, 02:10 PM

Jun 2016

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/15997412/brock-turner-father-says-son-suffer-20-minutes-action

A six-month jail sentence for Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, who was convicted of sexual assault, has caused public outrage. His father's letter asking the court for leniency has only fanned the flames.

"His life will never be the one that he dreamed about and worked so hard to achieve," Dan A. Turner wrote in the letter asking for probation. "That is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life."

(Of course this is only 20 minutes where he got caught. )

The father is a piece of work - and apparently the apple didn't fall far from the tree.

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Another article: jonno99 Jun 2016 #1

yes, and it makes me wonder what is hiding in dad's closet--and the judge's. . . niyad Jun 2016 #2

No doubt. Only six months - for rape?! The sentence is a crime in itself...nt jonno99 Jun 2016 #3

that judge is a disgrace. but, he reminds me of a judge many years ago, niyad Jun 2016 #4