Brock Turner “You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me, and that’s why we’re here today.” These are the initial words from a letter addressed and read to Brock Turner by his victim, who is being publicly referred to as Emily Doe. This powerful message was read aloud at a trial where Emily was attempting to get justice for his actions. At this trial, Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail on five sexual assault charges. An extensive jail sentence could have had a severe negative impact on the rest of his life. However, Emily Doe will feel the effects of Turner’s actions for the rest of her life. Turner should have been sentenced to jail for longer than six months because six months in jail is not enough of a punishment to make …show more content…
CNN quotes Judge Persky, “A prison sentence would have a severe impact on him. I think he will not be a danger to others.” Judge Persky is biased because he used to be a Stanford athlete, like Turner. When Persky attended Stanford, he was a lacrosse team captain for the school team (Brennan). What concerns the judge about delivering a long sentence to Turner is that it would ruin his future in swimming. Turner’s father concurred with the judge through a letter, stating that, “These verdicts have broken and shattered him and our family in so many ways. His life will never be the one he dreamed about and worked so hard to achieve.” (Gray) Does Mr. Dan Turner believe that the victim of his son’s heinous actions dreamed of being sexually assaulted by a complete stranger behind a dumpster? No, he and Judge Persky gave little thought to the effects of a light sentence for Brock on Emily Doe. Prison was designed to have a “severe impact” on criminals. It should negatively affect Turner’s life in the same way that his actions have negatively affected his victim’s. Prison having a severe impact on a criminal is hardly a problem. Judge Persky should be less concerned with the sex offender’s future, and instead direct his focus to the
He pleaded not guilty on all five charges on February 2, 2015. The prosecutors drop the two rape charges on October 7, 2015 after reviewing the DNA test result. Turner was convicted the three charges of felony sexual assault on March 30, 2016 by Santa Clara County jury. On June 2, 2016, Turner was sentenced to six months of prison in the Santa Clara County jail, followed by three years of probation, and a life-long obligation to be lawfully registered as a sex offender by judge
The article I read was called “Weekends in Jail for Rape? Why people get sentenced to ‘weekend jail’ by Corey Johnson” This article starts off with Molly Shattuck who raped a 15-year old boy in Georgetown, Delaware. The former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader walked out of the courtroom last week even after raping a 15-year old. She was only sentenced to “48 alterning weekends at the SussexVilation of Probation Center.”
Judge Rhonda Loo sentenced him to time served (157 days), 200 hours of community service, 2 years probation, $2,400 in fines, and in a beautiful example of irony, Young was ordered to write 144 compliments to the victim. Young promised the court that he would no longer attempt to get
The victim in the case, Michele Mallin, speaks and writes about the case to raise awareness about misidentifications and wrongful convictions. “I was positive at the time that it was him,” she said, “I was shocked when I found out it wasn't him. I joined Tim’s family in working to exonerate him because it was the right thing to do. Timothy didn’t deserve what he got.” Cole's family members received $1,060,000 in compensation for his time in prison.
In July 1979, Gary Dotson was convicted of aggravated kidnapping and rape of a young woman in 1977. He was sentenced to not less than twenty-five and not more than fifty years. Many years after Dotson’s conviction, the victim recanted her testimony because she didn’t want anyone to know about a sexual encounter with her boyfriend so she fabricated the rape. Once the victim recanted her testimony, Dotson contended that the recantation constituted grounds to vacate the original sentence and he should be awarded a new trial. In 1987, the governor agreed to grant Dotson his last chance at parole.
Jeff Smith’s sentence of one year in jail exceeded his crime. When Aristotle is talking the tragic hero evoking pity, he says that the pity is caused by “unmerited misfortune” (Aristotle 23) of the hero. In a tragedy, the punishment that the hero receives will outweigh the committed deed or crime. The unnecessary suffering will elicit pity from the audience. Jeff Smith did not deserve to serve a year and one day in jail.
Witnesses at the Century Aurora 16 complex said minutes into the special midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” on July 20, 2012 in Aurora, Colorado, James Holmes had slipped through an emergency exit door of the sold-out movie theater, propped it open, and returned armed with three guns and wearing a ballistic helmet, body shields, a gas mask obscuring his face, his hair tinted orange. He tossed two hissing gas or smoke canisters and calmly walked up the aisle open firing at moviegoers, killing 12 and wounding 70. Arrested without resistance while he was standing next to his car behind the Century 16 theater shortly after the shooting and jailed without bail awaiting trial, James Holmes was described by law-enforcement officials as
“Count one, guilty, first-degree murder. Count two, guilty of felony murder. Count three, guilty of especially aggravated robbery. ” This is the verdict Cyntoia, a teen victim of sex-trafficking, got on August 25th, 2006.
An absurd amount of innocent people in the nation, have fallen victim to a disorganized legal system, and are suffering because of it. Dennis Brown, and James Harden, are two examples of this, and can relate because of it. They’ve been falsely convicted, without DNA evidence, but the truth of the case is finally revealed with their release. Dennis Brown, a black male from Louisiana, has been one of many people that have been wrongfully convicted without proper DNA evidence. First off, he’s been falsely convicted of rape and burglary.
“She was trying to get him out of the house. It came to a head this day and culminated in a physical struggle.” Since his arrest, Morgan has found work and is attempting to “move on and do better for himself.” And, while Hyde asked for a lesser sentence, the victim begged with Judge Robert Rinfret to impose a prison term.
I choose this case because judicial bias is an awful thing and no judge should be biased. In January 2015 a prior student at West Chester University in Pennsylvania was found guilty of rape and was sentenced to six years in prison. This person was charged six years of prison while Turner was sentenced to six months in jail. They both were found guilty and yet the other person had six times the sentence Turner got. It should not matter if the person is rich or poor, very influential in the community or not, you always need to judge a case by the evidence that is shown.
In March of 2016, a California jury found the former student, 20 year old Brock Allen Turner, guilty of three counts of sexual assault. Turner faced a maximum of 14 years in state prison. Later that March, he was sentenced to six months in county jail with probation. The judge said he feared a longer sentence would have a “severe impact” on Turner, a champion swimmer who once aspired to compete in the Olympics; this was repeatedly brought up during the trial. Brock was then let out of jail after only sentencing 3 months for good
“Teenager’s Jailing Brings a Call to Fix Sex Offender Registries,” is an article written by Julie Bosman, and published by the New York Times Newspaper. The article is written about a 19-year-old named Zachery Anderson who is listed on a sex offender registry for life. The cause of this was talking to an under aged female through a dating app called “Hot or Not.” Although, Zachary Anderson did not know that the girl who had lied about her being 17, was actually 14, he later plead guilty to what had happened. Reading this newspaper article had me thinking about all sorts of things, whether it was about the fact that Zachary had sex with a female who was under the age of consent in Michigan or the fact that he was put on the sex offender registry.
Partisanship and Misconceptions Introduction The saying “the pen is mightier than the sword” is widely known and referenced. However, contrary to popular belief, actions may speak louder than words. This rings true in the case of Michelle Carter, this specific case has been a reoccurring debate, in terms of whether Michelle Carter should be found guilty or not guilty for the death of her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III.
To some this is what he deserved. They might believe that Tate should suffer the penalty of his actions. This is how they feel towards thousands of adolescents that are getting charged with life without