Brock Turner released from jail after serving half his sentence
Written statements from Turner’s father and the victim propelled the court case into the national spotlight last year and ignited public outcry.
Turner’s lawyer argued that both the plaintiff and defendant’s judgments were impaired by alcohol that night. His father received backlash after writing that his son’s life had been ruined by the incident and that his six-month conviction was “a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life.” Read more.
