In June 2016, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky sentenced Brock Turner to six months in a county jail and three years of probation, following his conviction on three felony accounts including assault with intent to rape an intoxicated woman. The victim was found unconscious with clothes removed behind a dumpster, with Turner on top of her. Turner faced a maximum of 14 years in prison, with prosecutors recommending six, yet Persky asserted that a positive criminal reference and lack of a criminal record had persuaded him to be more lenient. Perksy said that a positive character reference submitted by a childhood friend “just rings true” and “corroborates the evidence of his character up until the night of this incident, which has been positive”.
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