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September 2, 2016

Stanford Swimmer Brock Turner Released from Jail After Only 3 Months
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Meanwhile, Stanford swimmer Brock Turner is slated to leave a Santa
Clara jail today, after serving only three months of a six-month
sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster.
His short sentence has sparked massive outrage against the judge on the
case, Aaron Persky. It's also inspired California lawmakers to pass a
new law requiring prison time for those convicted of sexually assaulting
an unconscious victim. In a widely read letter, Brock Turner's victim
wrote: "You took away my worth, my privacy, my energy, my time, my
intimacy, my confidence, my own voice, until today."


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