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Brock Turner Only Got 6 Months In Jail

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A prison sentence is designed to punish people who break Society’s laws, but that isn’t always the case. In March of 2016, Star Student athlete Brock Turner at Stanford College was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious and intoxicated woman behind a dumpster, while he also was intoxicated, he was possibly facing ten years. June 2nd, 2016, Turner was sentenced to 6 months in Jail by Judge Aaron Persky, his reason being that “A prison sentence would have a severe impact on him. I think he will not be a danger to others” (Why Brock Turner Only Got 6 Months in Jail, 1). Although his sentence was light, he also had to register as a sex offender. Brock Turner’s case has caused a social outlash since 2015.
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An estimated one in four women are sexually victimized during their college years. (Schwarz, Jill, et al., 1). Turner getting a light sentence just makes this statistic more real, the victim will be looked at in the future as just another statistic because of the little that was done about it. The victim was intoxicated at the time of the assault, Turner was also. This often makes the case much more difficult, “A common stereotype of sexual assault on college campuses is that the victim could have partial responsibility if they had consumed drugs or alcohol prior to the assault” (Schwarz, Jill, et al., 2). This is another reason why the case may have resulted the way it did, but that doesn’t stop people from fighting back. Not only is substance abuse and statistics a big factor, but barriers to reporting is a main component that correlates with the case. “Recent research has found that 40% of college students believed that a woman was responsible for being raped if she was intoxicated at the time of the assault” (Schwarz, Jill, et al., 2). These statistics lead many woman who are assaulted to stay silent about it. It is also known that some girls stay quiet about their assault because it is believed to be misunderstanding or it is the “norm”. Although not all of this relates to the details case, it determines a big part of why Turner received such a lenient

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