Stanford Rape Case

Another campus rape victim in the United States has spoken out to denounce what she said is lenient punishment for her attacker, bringing the issue to the forefront again after a Stanford University case that ignited a firestorm.

Judge Aaron Persky explained his six-month jail sentence for Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner this way: A longer term "would have a severe impact on him."

A fledgling campaign to recall the judge who sentenced a former Stanford University swimmer to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman gained momentum on Friday as three prominent political consultants joined the effort.

It could have been mistaken for any other late afternoon in the expectant days before graduation. Seniors shuttled four years of possessions from the Kappa Alpha fraternity into waiting U-Hauls that would carry them away from Stanford for the last time.

The woman known as "Emily Doe" taped her drawing of two bicycles above her bed. It reminds her of the strangers who came to embody protection - the pair of cycling Stanford University graduate students who stopped her sexual assault.

With outrage brewing over the six-month jail sentence in a rape case, Stanford University is defending its handling of the incident where a member of the school's swimming team was spotted by a garbage bin on top of an unconscious woman.

Public outrage over the lenient sentencing of a star Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault has been compounded by a controversial letter written by the athlete's father.

Another campus rape victim in the United States has spoken out to denounce what she said is lenient punishment for her attacker, bringing the issue to the forefront again after a Stanford University case that ignited a firestorm.

Judge Aaron Persky explained his six-month jail sentence for Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner this way: A longer term "would have a severe impact on him."

A fledgling campaign to recall the judge who sentenced a former Stanford University swimmer to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman gained momentum on Friday as three prominent political consultants joined the effort.

It could have been mistaken for any other late afternoon in the expectant days before graduation. Seniors shuttled four years of possessions from the Kappa Alpha fraternity into waiting U-Hauls that would carry them away from Stanford for the last time.

The woman known as "Emily Doe" taped her drawing of two bicycles above her bed. It reminds her of the strangers who came to embody protection - the pair of cycling Stanford University graduate students who stopped her sexual assault.

With outrage brewing over the six-month jail sentence in a rape case, Stanford University is defending its handling of the incident where a member of the school's swimming team was spotted by a garbage bin on top of an unconscious woman.

Public outrage over the lenient sentencing of a star Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault has been compounded by a controversial letter written by the athlete's father.