Tag: Brock Allen Turner
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A New Documentary Short Explores the Recall of Judge Aaron Persky | MSNBC
The new documentary short by MSNBC Films “The Recall: Reframed” looks at the recall election of California Judge Aaron Persky, who faced nationwide backlash after handing down a lenient sentence to Stanford swimmer Brock Turner. Filmmaker Rebecca Richman Cohen joins The Sunday Show to discuss what inspired her to explore the complicated effect the recall…
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Chanel Miller: Emily Doe in the Brock Turner sexual assault trial speaks out | 60 Minutes Australia
Before the Me Too movement, Chanel Miller was fighting her own incredible battle. She went to a party at a prestigious university, thinking it would be safe and expecting to have a good time. Late in the evening a student, well-known because he also happened to be a champion athlete, sexually assaulted and then discarded…
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“I forgot what I was worth”: Chanel Miller opens up about the 2015 Stanford sexual assault case
Chanel Miller was 22 when she was sexually assaulted at a Stanford University frat party in 2015. Within 24 hours, she had decided to press charges against the assailant, unaware that the next four years of her life would be spent in court. Brock Turner would eventually become known as the “Stanford swimmer” accused of…
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Chanel Miller speaks out about Brock Turner sexual assault on ’60 Minutes’
We’re learning new details from Chanel Miller about the night she was sexually assaulted by Stanford student Brock Turner. She appeared on CBS News’ “60 Minutes” to talk about the party she attended in 2015. Warning: her interview is, at times, graphic. Miller admits she got drunk and blacked out. She woke up in a…
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Woman sexually assaulted by Stanford swimmer Brock Turner in 2015 reveals her identity
The woman who was sexually assaulted by a Stanford University swimmer in 2015 — and who later went internationally viral with an empowering anonymous statement at his sentencing — has revealed her identity with the publication of a memoir. The New York Times reports the woman formerly known as “Emily Doe†reveals her name, Chanel Miller, in her…
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Stanford swimmer Brock Turner has appeal and request for new trial denied
The Stanford swimmer whose light sentence after a sexual assault conviction had both his appeal and request for a new trial denied. The latest legal step in the controversial case of Brock Turner came Wednesday when his appeal to have his convictions overturned was rejected by a California appeallate court on Wednesday. In an earlier…
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Brock Turner’s lawyer makes ‘outercourse’ argument
An attorney for the former Stanford University swimmer argued his sexual assault conviction should be overturned because his client was fully clothed and wanted only “outercourse.”
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Ex-Stanford Swimmer Brock Turner Appeals Sexual Assault Conviction
A lawyer for a former Stanford swimmer whose conviction on sexual assault charges led to the extremely rare recall of a judge tried to convince an appellate court Tuesday to overturn his client’s conviction — on the novel grounds that the athlete wanted “outercourse†with his intoxicated victim, not intercourse. “Outercourse,†his lawyer Eric S.…
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Voters recall California judge in Stanford sexual assault case
Northern California voters have removed a judge from office over a controversial sentencing decision, according to an Associated Press projection. Judge Aaron Persky was targeted for giving a short jail sentence to Brock Turner, a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault with the intent to commit rape. John Blackstone reports.