Proposed Law Inspired By Brock Turner Case Would Require Prison Time For More Rapists

''Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen on Wednesday announced he is proposing legislation inspired by the Brock Turner case to require prison time for anyone convicted of sexually assaulting an intoxicated or unconscious person.

"We need to change the law to protect the next Emily Doe from the next Brock Turner," Rosen said at a press conference Wednesday in Palo Alto, California. "Let's give the next campus sexual assault victim no reason to fear that her attacker will end up walking around free after spending less time in jail than it takes to finish a single college semester."

The bill, co-sponsored by California Assembly members Evan Low (D-San Jose) and Bill Dodd (D-Napa), seeks to close a gap between the sentencing for sexual assaults using force and those committed against people who cannot resist at the time...''

by Tyler Kingkade