The survivor of a sexual assault at Stanford read a powerful statement to her assailant in court last week.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray and others honored the survivors of rape with a reading of the statement a 23-year-old woman read in court to a Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting her:
Last week, Brock Turner, 20, was sentenced to six months in county jail for sexually assaulting the unconscious woman behind a dumpster on the Stanford campus after a fraternity party in 2015.
Turner had faced a maximum 14 years in state prison, but the judge sentenced him to six months, contending that a longer sentence would have "a severe impact on him."
Following the sentencing, the survivor of the assault read a powerful statement directed at Turner detailing the "severe impact" the assault had on her.
The woman's courtroom statement generated a lot of public support, and not just from De Blasio and his wife.
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