THE ISSUE:
Ex-Stanford swimmer in rape case registers as sex offender
XENIA, Ohio (AP) — A former Stanford University swimmer whose six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman sparked a national outcry registered as a sex offender on Sept. 6 in Ohio, where he's living with his parents.
Brock Turner registered at the Greene County sheriff's office four days after he was released from a California jail for good behavior after serving half his term.
Turner, 21, must register as a sex offender for life, checking in every three months, and he faces three years of supervised probation. Deputies will check on him without warning to make sure he hasn't moved without permission.
Turner was convicted of assaulting the woman near a trash bin after they drank heavily at a fraternity party in January 2015. The woman passed out, and Turner was on top of her when confronted by two graduate students passing by on bicycles. The graduate students chased and tackled him when he tried to flee, holding him on the ground until police arrived.
A jury convicted Turner of sexual assault. Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky sentenced him to six months in jail, citing the "extraordinary circumstances" of his youth, clean criminal record and other considerations in departing from the minimum sentence of two years in prison. Prosecutors had argued for six years.
Turner plans to appeal.
Student Reactions
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Dorian McCarroll, freshman public relations major "Since he didn't get a longer sentence, he didn't understand the effect of his actions," McCarroll said. "It might be bad to say, but assaults are going to happen wherever — especially if no immediate action is taken to punish the person accused of doing it, and if that's the case, people have no hope for their safety." |
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Kyle Perkins, freshman telecommunications major
“"I definitely feel he should have gotten more time for sexually assaulting somebody," Perkins said. "I don't know if he deserves the constant public humiliation, but I definitely feel that he deserved more time for raping someone." |
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Sean Warner, senior exercise science major
"I think he probably should have gotten a longer time," Warner said. "He should have gotten the two years or whatever the correct legal stipulation is for that." |
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Shelbi Fourman, freshman social work major
"I think [his sentence] should have been longer ... Yes, she was intoxicated, but that's no excuse for what he did," Fourman said. "I've read a little bit on it and from what I've heard, there were rumors that he might have been paid off, or because his athleticism or things of that sort — that's why he got out early." |
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