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> (CNN)Widespread outrage has erupted over a California judge's decision to give a former Stanford University swimmer a six-month jail sentence for sexually ass
by chillwaves 6y ago
> (CNN)Widespread outrage has erupted over a California judge's decision to give a former Stanford University swimmer a six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. Critics are blasting the decision as far too lenient.
> Prosecutors had asked that Brock Turner be sentenced to six years in prison for the January 2015 assault.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/us/sexual-assault-brock-turner-stanford/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/06/us/sexual-assault-brock-turne...
- ekianjo 6y agoSo let me get this right, you take one bad decision as an example to make a blanket statement?
- roywiggins 6y ago> Harvard Law School’s Criminal Justice Policy Program found that Black incarcerees received more severe charges, harsher sentences and less favorable outcomes than their white counterparts. They looked at more than a million cases, from the initial charges through the conviction and sentencing, and discovered disparities that could not be explained by logic or reason. https://www.theroot.com/a-judge-asked-harvard-to-find-out-why-so-many-black-peo-1845017462 https://www.theroot.com/a-judge-asked-harvard-to-find-out-wh...
- ekianjo 6y agonow that's a better argument to make.
- chillwaves 6y agoIt's a famous example off the top of my head. The person I was replying to did not deserve anything more since they made such a ridiculous assertion to begin with.