Oblivious to the impact on his son's victim.
He would have a different view if it was his daughter being mauled for that 20 minutes.
Posted on 06/06/2016 10:48:54 AM PDT by Wolfie
Brock Turner's father sparks outrage in rape case
A six-month jail sentence for Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, who was convicted of sexual assault, has caused public outrage. His father's letter asking the court for leniency has only fanned the flames.
"His life will never be the one that he dreamed about and worked so hard to achieve," Dan A. Turner wrote in the letter asking for probation. "That is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life."
Turner had been convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster after both he and she attended a fraternity party.
In addition to the six-month jail term, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky sentenced 20-year-old Brock Turner to three years' probation, ordered him to register as a sex offender and mandated that he complete a sex-offender-management program.
Turner's father wrote that "the fact that he now has to register as a sexual offender for the rest of his life alters where he can live, visit, work, and how he will be able to interact with people and organizations."
In an interview with the Washington Post, Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen criticized Turner's father for comparing a sexual assault to "20 minutes of action." He said that Turner "preyed upon" his victim and displayed violence during the assault.
Before the sentencing, the victim read the court an impact statement that has gone viral online. She said she had gone to the party to spend time with her sister.
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That was just the 20 minutes he got caught at.
He’s lucky he didn’t get a longer prison sentence.
Maybe he should’ve raised a son that doesn’t sexually assault unconscious women behind a dumpster.
Did the attorney read this letter before he gave it to the court?!?!?!
The poor young man is suffering from affluenza!
His “20 minutes of action” should result in death penalty.
Poor guy is not able to enjoy steaks like he used to. /sarc
Oblivious to the impact on his son's victim.
He would have a different view if it was his daughter being mauled for that 20 minutes.
>>”His life will never be the one that he dreamed about and worked so hard to achieve,” Dan A. Turner wrote in the letter asking for probation. “That is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life.”<<
Killing someone only takes a moment with a gun. People usually pay for their entire lives.
The victim will live with this for her entire life. It wasn’t ‘action,” it was RAPE — violent assault (assuming all facts in the case are accurate and led to a proper verdict).
It isn’t 20 minutes — it is a LIFETIME.
Sounds like Brock Turner and his father need further education on the seriousness of rape. Maybe there will be some further justice in prison and on the street.
It does beg the question, how much punishment is too much punishment? I’m not sure where you draw the line here but it does make one think. Sorry for the woman but there are two young lives forever changed here.
Guess that apple didn’t fall from that tree.
I don’t know what a Brock Turner is. But apparently, he and his father are major idiots.
I have no use for someone that would rape an unconscious women. The kid is less than worthless & 20 years in prison would be well deserved in my opinion.
Its not the 20 minutes that he enjoyed, it’s the lifelong terror the victim will remember.
oh, yes:
CRIMINAL.
Exactly
“It does beg the question, how much punishment is too much punishment?”
I disagree. The punishment that judge gave to that kid is nowhere near the level where the question of “too much” even arises.
At least we know the son can’t be as stupid as his father is.
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