Cenk Uygur
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RAPIST Brock Turner's PATHETIC Letter To Judge Released
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9:23Now PlayingBrock Turner had to write a letter to the judge, before he was sentenced. In it he blames alcohol and party culture for him raping a woman. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“On January 17th, 2015, one man’s decisions ignited a tragic chain reaction that’s still in effect today. It was set in motion when 20-year-old Brock Allen Turner raped an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. He ran when two men out riding their bikes caught him in the act, but they chased Brock down and soon captured him. Rather than being sentenced to the 14 years in state prison he technically could have faced for this crime, by law, Brock was punished with six months in county jail and probation because Judge Persky believed anything longer would have a “severe impact” on the young man.
Many believe that this lenient sentence was influenced by the character letters written on Brock’s behalf. His father wrote that a harsher conviction would be “a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life.” In her own letter, Brock’s childhood friend Leslie Rasmussen wrote, “…rape on campuses isn’t always because people are rapists.”
In addition to letters written by his family and friends, Brock composed his own statement for Judge Persky. This was uncovered by The Guardian, which published excerpts revealing that Turner blames college drinking culture for his actions.”
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