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June 23, 2016

California Moves to Change Sentencing Law After Stanford Rape Case
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In California, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen has
called for mandatory prison sentences for anyone convicted of sexually
assaulting an unconscious and intoxicated person-following the
international outcry over the light sentence in the Stanford rape case.
Earlier this month, California Judge Aaron Persky gave Stanford swimmer
Brock Allen Turner a six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an
unconscious woman behind a dumpster. Judge Persky said he was concerned
a longer prison sentence would have a "severe impact" on Brock Allen
Turner. The proposed legislation would make penalties for Turner's
offense a mandatory minimum of three years in state prison.


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