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Turner was found guilty in March of three felony charges: assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated/unconscious person PC220 (a)(1), penetration of an intoxicated person PC289 (e), and penetration of an unconscious person penal codes PC289 (d) (Court Motions/Orders Instructions/Minutes Chronolocial Order, 2015). None of the codes that he was charged did not include the intent “rape,” which may have led to the lower sentence then the max. So, Turner was sentenced to 6 months in jail instead of the max. The district attorney felt the punishment does not fit the crime (Fantz, 2016). Instead of Turner spending at least six months in jail, he only spent three months in state jail for having good …show more content…
There is a remedy for Judge Persky’s misguided sentence: the prosecutor should appeal (Cleary, 2016). A California Court of Appeal can overturn a sentence if it finds that it was an “abuse of discretion (Free Dictionary ).” A sentence of six months in prison for rape is an abuse of discretion. But the answer is not to remove a judge from the bench because we dislike the sentence. We all need judges to decide cases without fear that an unpopular decision will cost them their