Former Stanford swimmer Brock Turnerรย receivedรย a 6 month jail sentence for sexually assaultingรย a fellow female student because the judge deemed the trial itself as enough of a punishment, according to new reports.
Theรย presiding judgeรย of Santa Clara County, Aaron Persky, concluded what many are calling a รขโฌลslap on the wristรขโฌย as sufficientรย because media attention and legal proceedings were already stressful and disciplinary for Turner.
The ex-Stanford swimmer blamed the universityรขโฌโขs รขโฌลparty cultureรขโฌย and the pervasive temptations from booze that permeate social life on campus, according to a letter he sent to the judge prior to the sentencing
Turner has not admitted that he sexually assaulted the woman, despite the guilty verdict. Both the victim and the prosecutor highlighted the feigned apology and what they consider a blatant lack of remorse during the trial.
Persky saidรย the 39 character references helped convince himรย that Turner deserved a shorter sentence. Persky citedรย one in particularรย รขโฌโรย from friend Leslie Rasmussen รขโฌโ as one that stood out. รขโฌลIt sort of corroborates the evidence of his character up until the night of this incident, which has been positive,รขโฌย the judgeรย said.
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