I’m pretty sure it’s not true they are putting in a swimming pool for him.
eta: pretty sure, not positive
joking aside, it is really difficult for me to believe those letters really went to the judge
It’s satire:
But like the onion, it’s dead-on satire.
"I don’t think it’s fair to base the fate of the next ten[-plus] years of his life on the decision of a girl who doesn’t remember anything but the amount she drank to press charges,”
This is the line from the woman’s impact statement that is bothering me the most atm… @alh that was quite a find. Mindboggling
@dstark - your link in post #283 just blew my mind.
So a man is convicted of sexually assaulting a dog and the response is:
A Stanford student is convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious snd helpless woman and the response is:
“^^^^ disgusting , if this is true”
Everyone’s sarcasm meter appears to be broken. Of course it’s not true.
Btw, the “Brock for 2016 Olympics” FB page is now down.
I mean… to be fair… there are several posts on here that if I had read them elsewhere I would think they were satire. But since I know the poster(s)'s history, I know that it is not satire.
Sort of off topic but I feel that it’s just not right that it seem there are more people on the news supporting the victim in this case than the victim in the Owen Larbie case. I know they are different cases but still it bothers me.
That may be because the judge in Labrie’s case seemed to not be fooled by his BS.
A long time ago, a young woman in NY state ate dinner at a restaurant. She got very intoxicated. Her friends left and she made her way to the ladies’ room, where she passed out. Five guys observed her enter the ladies’ room. They followed her in and found her passed out. They removed her unconscious body and took turns having sex with her. A week later, the young woman found out what had happened and pressed charges.
The 5 men plead guilty to misdemeanors and were each fined $750. That was it.No jail. No community service. The victim went public at that point. . And no…I’m not making this up. I googled and found one article online about it which is still available. http://articles.latimes.com/1994-04-27/news/mn-50958_1_krista-absalon
So, no, I don’t assume that the judge knows more than we do and that the sentence here was fair. I think the judge belongs to the “if you were dumb enough to leave your car keys in the car with the door unlocked, you deserved to have your car stolen” school of thought. So, a woman who has too much to drink at a frat party bears some responsibility for what happened to her…according to the judge. Personally, I think that’s preposterous. I’m not advocating that women get drunk at frat parties, but I don’t think being drunk means some guy can use your body to pleasure himself either.
Oh, BTW, the judge in the Absalon case was recently honored. http://www.potsdam.edu/newsandevents/051916commencementeugenenicandri.cfm It’s not as though his original sentence in the Absalon case destroyed his career.
Being careless about risk of crime certainly makes one more likely to be a victim of crime. But it does not mean that the criminal should get a lesser sentence for picking an easy victim (e.g. a car thief who steals a car that has the key where it is easily found).
The Onion’s 2011 “basketball rapist” piece resurfaced, too similar to this case.
This just keeps getting worse.
“Brock Turner’s Childhood Friend Blames His Felony Sexual-Assault Conviction on Political Correctness”
http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/06/brock-turners-friend-pens-letter-of-support.html
(My apologies if this isn’t a reputable magazine… a quick google search didn’t raise any flags but it’s not one I’m familiar with.)
I want to throw up.
New York Magazine is a bit sensational, but reputable.
According to the local paper, there are multiple petitions circulating calling for the recall of Judge Persky. Professor Dauber is spearheading one of the main efforts. In addition, there is some talk of finding a write-in candidate to oppose Persky’s reelection this November.
Here’s a link to a petition you can sign on change.org. It already has over 205,000 signatures.
https://www.change.org/p/california-state-house-recall-judge-aaron-persky
“Just wondering as for instance…Clarance Thomas recused himself from hearing the case of the VMI mandatory mealtime prayer case in the '90s because his own son was an enrolled student there at the time he was hearing the case.”
Right, because VMI itself was actually the defendant in the case, which was all about how VMI was allowed to operate. From a recusal standpoint, that’s quite unlike a criminal case that happened to take place on campus and involve a former student. This swimmer is not, himself, Stanford.
And it seems as though Stanford handled this appropriately (involving the police, cooperating with them, barring Turner from campus). I haven’t seen anything suggesting that Stanford didn’t handle the matter appropriately. Or, surprisingly, I haven’t seen the fraternity at which the party was held taken to task. Perhaps it’s because Turner wasn’t a member.
Do any CA lawyers know if the rapist will have to serve his probation in CA after his jail time?
Romani post 333 - that’s the same letter alh references earlier, penned by a childhood friend of Turner’s.