Brock Turner, the former Stanford University swimmer who served a widely criticized six-month jail sentence for assaulting an unconscious woman on campus, is now appealing his conviction and asking for a new trial. Santa Clara County Superior Court judge Aaron Persky drew widespread condemnation when he sentenced Turner to six months in jail, three years of probation and a requirement to register as a sex offender. Saying the assault happened behind the dumpster is “prejudicial” and implied that Turner was trying to hide what he was doing. The assault happened during a frat party in the early hours of Jan. 18, 2015, when witnesses saw Turner lying on top of a half-naked, unconscious woman. “You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me, and that’s why you’re here today,” she said, addressing Turner.

Source: thestar December 02, 2017 23:48 UTC