In the very early morning of January 18, 2015, two Stanford graduate students were biking across campus when they spotted a freshman engaging in sexual acts, such as thrusting himself into an unconscious, half naked women behind a dumpster at the Kappa Alpha fraternity house. They quickly chased down the culprit and pinned him down until the police came and detained the young male. Given the situation, the students alongside with many others in the nation, as the news abruptly went viral, must have wondered, “Who could have performed such an inhumane and scarring crime?” The male was identified to be Brock Turner, who was a former student and swimmer at Stanford University. Turner was arrested for five charges: Two for rape, two for felony
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The Conflict Theory explains the inequity between the rich and the powerful versus the poor and lacking with race as an important influencer as well. This creates an unfair system on how society treats the two types of social classes, which is shown through the case of Brock Turner. Turner was given a very gentle sentence of six months in jail for raping a 22-year-old woman when in actuality, there was a minimum of at least two years in jail. The reasoning behind this was explained by Judge Persky as “a harsher punishment would have left a "severe impact" on him, yet it is unfair towards the women that was sexually violated because the experience will also leave a “severe impact” on her life. Given that Turner came from an affluent family, was an All American swimmer, and attended a well-known school, the judge claimed, “He’s a kid who has a possibility of having a bright future”. In short, this case is related and evident example that explains the Conflict Theory because it shows the discrimination between the social classes and races because Brock Turner was given a light sentence because he was white and privileged versus Cory Batey, who was African American. Cory Batey and Brock Turner had very similar cases, but because of his background, Cory Batey was sentenced to 15 to 25 years of
The Conflict Theory explains the inequity between the rich and the powerful versus the poor and lacking with race as an important influencer as well. This creates an unfair system on how society treats the two types of social classes, which is shown through the case of Brock Turner. Turner was given a very gentle sentence of six months in jail for raping a 22-year-old woman when in actuality, there was a minimum of at least two years in jail. The reasoning behind this was explained by Judge Persky as “a harsher punishment would have left a "severe impact" on him, yet it is unfair towards the women that was sexually violated because the experience will also leave a “severe impact” on her life. Given that Turner came from an affluent family, was an All American swimmer, and attended a well-known school, the judge claimed, “He’s a kid who has a possibility of having a bright future”. In short, this case is related and evident example that explains the Conflict Theory because it shows the discrimination between the social classes and races because Brock Turner was given a light sentence because he was white and privileged versus Cory Batey, who was African American. Cory Batey and Brock Turner had very similar cases, but because of his background, Cory Batey was sentenced to 15 to 25 years of