Category: WTF

Last week, 20-year-old Stanford swimmer Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. Turner was facing up to 20 years, and the lenient sentence has drawn criticism from observers — including the victim, who had pushed in court for a harsh punishment. Judy Woodruff talks to Michelle Anderson…

A northern California judge faces outrage over a former college swimmer’s six-month sentence in a sexual assault case at Stanford University. The attack was stopped by two grad students who happened to ride by on bicycles. John Blackstone reports on how they found Brock Turner and the victim and what they told the authorities. https://youtu.be/I9MN5crqADU…

CNN legal analysts Danny Cevallos and Joey Jackson discuss the six month sentence handed out by a court to Brock Turner who was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on the Stanford University campus.

At Brock Allen Turner’s sentencing, the woman he sexually assaulted read a letter to him about how severely the incident impacted her mental well-being. CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield reads excerpts of the letter aloud. Turner was sentenced to six months in jail. https://youtu.be/gTMZOP1AsGc

Brock Turner’s father, Dan, has sparked outrage online after saying that his son should not have to go to prison for “20 minutes of action.” Brock Turner, a former swimmer at Stanford University, was convicted of three felonies for the sexual assault of an unconscious woman and was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and probation.…

A former Stanford athlete’s light sentencing Thursday following his conviction for sexually assaulting a woman as she lay unconscious behind a dumpster has set the internet alight with fury. The judge justified the ruling by saying, “a prison sentence would have a severe impact on him.” Judge Aaron Pesky cited Brock Allen Turner’s age — 20 —…