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Food for Thought
- Daisy Mae
- Jun 9, 2016
- 1 min read
The tear-jerking open letter Joe Biden wrote to the Stanford rape survivor
''Vice President Joe Biden penned a heartfelt letter to the victim of the Stanford rape case — a story that has left the country stunned, outraged, and heartbroken.
The case's convicted perpetrator, Brock Turner, was given just six months behind bars, despite sentencing guidelines that could have resulted in him facing up to 14 years.
Why? Jail could have a "severe impact" on the 20-year-old criminal, Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky had determined.
The injustice doesn't stop there. It appears Turner — a former swimmer at Stanford University, whose athleticism somehow seemed disturbingly pertinent throughout the trial — will likely only spend half that time behind bars for good behavior, The Chicago Tribune reports: just three months.
Along with the rest of the country, Biden is both outraged over the injustice and saddened for the survivor...''
by Robbie Couch
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