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A plea for mercy for Brock Allen Turner

A plea for mercy for Brock Allen Turner

In recent weeks, the public has become nearly hysterical over the perceived lenient sentencing of Brock Allen Turner, the Stanford student convicted of sexually assaulting a blacked out party-goer behind the dumpster of a fraternity house. Turner was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated woman, sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object, and sexually penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison w

In recent weeks, the public has become nearly hysterical over the perceived lenient sentencing of Brock Allen Turner, the Stanford student convicted of sexually assaulting a blacked out party-goer behind the dumpster of a fraternity house. Turner was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated woman, sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object, and sexually penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object. He was sentenced to 6 months in prison w…