Analysis Of The Brock Turner Case

During our lives we are raised to respect one another, to understand the basic rules of consent and to realize that if a woman is unconscious that you do not initiate sexual activity. Our justice system is supposed to keep us safe and to punish those who break the law. Making perpetrators of sexual assault pay for their actions with a prison sentence teaches them and the rest of society that when someone says no or is not in a position to say no, it means no and you may not have sexual relations with them. By examining the Brock Turner case, it will become clear that his sentence was much too light for the crimes he was convicted of. In January of 2015, a twenty-two-year-old girl went to a party at Stanford; she became intoxicated many times …show more content…
When the Brock Turner case is discussed there are two sides; there are many individuals who believe that Judge Persky was right to let him only have six months because he had no previous offences and because he seemed remorseful and because he had a promising career that he lost because of what had …show more content…
Allowing someone who breaks the law to have a joke sentence means that it lessens the severity of the crime to victims, society, and future perpetrators. There is no question in the fact that Brock Turner was guilty, but this is a question of why Judge Persky chooses to give such a light sentence. How six months was deemed a long enough time in prison is a problem. Allowing a guilty man to serve one twentieth of his suggested sentence is irresponsible to not only the victim but society as a whole. Since this case, however, Judge Persky has been banned from ruling on sexual assault