Brock Turner Crime

Most people are familiar with the traumatic story of Brock Turner, a Stanford student, sexually assaulted a young woman in a fielded area. A controversy occurred when the judge sentenced Brock a light sentence of 6 months in jail. Brock Turner was charged with several felonies, and refused to admit to the assault. Many people accused the judge of giving him a light sentence because of Brock Turner’s athletic abilities (Pearl). Although, this may have affected the judge’s decision, family and friends were asked to write the judge on Brock’s behalf. The letters make irrelevant points to make their argument stronger, otherwise known as logical fallacies. I identified a few logical fallacies in Brock’s father’s letter including; Red herring, post hoc ergo propter hoc, and genetic fallacy.

Her path became rocky quickly. At first she wanted to make the students in her school aware of the mission/goals of the Black Lives Matter. She was met with dismissal of this movement by students, as well as, teachers. She was shunned by some she considered her friends. She felt an issue so important to the safety of her fellow students and those in her community would be embraced. It wasn’t, but this did not deter her from continuing to share the voice the movement, even when she stopped being so popular.

. She stood up and stood true to her beliefs to make a big shift in our nation's history. We are going to explore and commemorate the life of this strong and amazing woman.

So even if the court or a jury look at an attacker’s past and see’s he was a star athlete with many friends leading them to lessen the punishment. If they committed sexual assault and get away with it they most likely will attempt and probably succeed at doing it again. The problem Krakauer had with the court system isn’t just that they are not punishing an offender properly of a heinous crime. They are enabling them them to do it again, giving them the chance to ruin another person's life. If looked at, the effects of a sexual assault show why the rapist should serve a life sentence. The victims in this story revealed they were condemned to a life sentence the second they were taken advantage of in that way. While so many will say that rape should be punished the most severely as possible, Krakauer's book revealed the minute it came down to giving a sentence, jurors and judges, and even prosecutors had been and are lenient and soft in their convictions. While many government officials and police in Missoula have tried to change for the better after this scandal came to light, an even bigger one came to the surface from Krakauer's research. Missoula isn’t even near being the pronounced rape capital of the US. It’s even reported that it has a lower rate of reported sexual assaults than many towns it’s size and demographic. In the book Krakauer reported that between January 2008-May 20012 in a

One may argue that the reason why there is so much skepticism and shame placed on rape cases is because there has been situations where they turned out to be false and individuals were wrongly sent to prison. When sex goes wrong, it is common for women to claim that the men forced themselves on them. The most common rape allegation is the stereotypical black man that assaults the helpless woman. This leads to men being sent to jail for a crime they didn’t

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She is known for being dedicated and passionate about “freedom and equality.” She serves as an inspirational figure that confronted a major conflict face-to-face and dealt with it in a very mature manner. Her actions not only reflected her will to gain respect but also showcased how when one’s determination is strong, anything can be accomplished. It is easy to simply abide by unjust laws rather than challenging them. It takes courageous individuals to set an example and encourage humanity to live by their own beliefs.

Only about 10 out of 100 sexual abuse crimes are reported and 3 of those get to court. Sadly, only one of those is likely to get a conviction. The father of the boy was convicted on multiple charges of sexual assault throughout his life, he had the nerve to say that his son should not have to go to jail for ”20 minutes of action”. I believe that would mean that if Turner's father truly believed what he said, he obviously had not learnt anything at all from his past convictions, except that in his mind it was acceptable to sexually assault an innocent woman as long as it was not for a long period of time, but the time period shouldn't affect the thought process and the actual act, he obviously doesn't see how it affected the girl and how much

Brian Stevenson, by portraying the stories of convicted cases, sheds light on the magnitude of the problem that resides in the U.S. justice system. Incarceration is not a punishment given equally. In the U.S., African Americans and Latinos are three

From the year 1927 until 2012, the definition of “rape” did not change in federal legislation in the United States. For almost one hundred years, the federal government legally defined rape as, “the carnal knowledge of a female, forcibly and against her will” (U.S. Department of Justice, 2012, p. 1). This outdated and archaic definition left many victims of sexual assault unprotected by the law. This antiquated legislation also created a stigma around the idea of rape, that the victim must be a woman. It wasn’t until 2012 that the federal definition of rape changed to, “the penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim” (U.S. Department of Justice, 2012, p. 1).”

Her story was very inspirational and courageous. It reminds us that it only takes one step to make a difference and cause a change in this world. She didn’t just settled on things about the Cape Town behind her computer or unmerited sources. She was very excited about this trip of a lifetime, and was counting the days till her departure. She didn’t know what to expect, but took the chance. Once she reached, she was an awe of her new surroundings and became totally immersed with Cape Town. She did things that she wouldn’t have the luxury to do in her home town of Philadelphia and looked forward to something new on a daily basis. She encounter some ignorant individuals whom were in denial of racism and think that racism no longer exists. She briefly touched on racism that had and still occurs in Philadelphia as well as in Cape Town and many other places. She just couldn’t understand how some peoples continue to enjoy the privileged system while other people are continually oppressed. She ended up spending a day with Linawo children’s home for the orphanages and was touched to do something about the children’s poor living conditions. She ended up establishing “Groove to move” fundraiser to raise money in order to buy a new home for the Linawo’s orphanage children. Her small gesture brought over two hundred diverse group of people to help raise the funds and bring awareness. The

Sexual intercourse plays the most important role in keeping humankind alive, yet it is violated severely through prostitution, pornography, premarital sex, adultery, masturbation, and the worst offense of all: rape. Despite rape being a grave violation of the human body through force of sexual action without consent, the judicial branch of the United States government seems to have no care in the matter whatsoever. The people of our generation seem only to care about this curse when it directly affects them. Somehow, we allow these monsters little to no jail time for their crimes, usually due to the fact that they attempt to make it about themselves and that, “They were the real victims”. Society’s views regarding rape are so distorted, we end up blaming those who are raped for the action instead of shaming the real culprits. However, any reasonable human can understand the concept of “consequences for their actions”,whereas if they do not want to serve time in prison, then they shouldn’t commit the crime. The fact of the matter is, there is no such thing as a good person that commits rape, anyone who does so is an abomination to society. Therefore, the

Obviously, there is nothing we can do to stop rape. We’ve tried every measure possible. We’ve told women to change themselves, and what have we done to the men that assault and harass women? Well, the men that have assaulted women were enticed by something the woman did so they deserve no punishment. We might be ruining a bright future. Look at Brock Turner. He raped a fellow student at Stanford University, and he was charged with felony sexual assault. He served three months of a six months sentence. He’s ruined this woman and her feel like an outsider in her own body, yet it’s unfair that he must register as a sex offender now all because he’s an affluent, white male whose decent at swimming.

Imagine a young women going to a party and having a good time; yes, she may be drinking a little too much, but she’s just trying to have fun. She sees one of her classmates, a boy who’s in a couple of her classes, and he makes his way over to her. They start to dance and have fun, when all of a sudden he pulls her into one of the bathrooms in the house. She keeps telling him no, that she doesn’t want to do this, but he’s not listening. Now imagine if you were her, male or female. Would you want your case to be taken seriously? Rape (cases) should be taken more seriously because there are rapist out there that haven’t been prosecuted, victims are being neglected, and