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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPOSSIBLE TRIGGER WARNING* Here Is The Powerful Letter The Stanford Victim Read Aloud To Her Attacker
A former Stanford swimmer who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman was sentenced to six months in jail because a longer sentence would have a severe impact on him, according to a judge. At his sentencing Thursday, his victim read him a letter describing the severe impact the assault had on her.
(Much more here): https://www.buzzfeed.com/katiejmbaker/heres-the-powerful-letter-the-stanford-victim-read-to-her-ra?utm_term=.rgLDJ3KnKW#.xuWkVQMNMe
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The judge, Aaron Persky, is evidently up for reelection next week. I surely hope the people kick him out. Oh, the judge is a former Stanford athlete.
840high
(17,196 posts)athena
(4,187 posts)Sadly, the guy is probably a sociopath who is incapable of empathy and is probably amused, if anything, by how badly and permanently he has damaged his victim.
Dorian Gray
(13,499 posts)Hopefully people will vote in droves.
Terrible. I can't believe his words.
I'm glad she had her say. Very powerful.
It's too bad she didn't get justice.
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)stage left
(2,966 posts)It should have a "severe impact" on the assailant. "He's a rapist. The sentence he received is a cruel joke.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)That judge deserves to burn in hell.