Stanford University student Brock Allen Turner was just convicted on three felony charges, after he was caught sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster in January 2015.
The case has only recently gained national attention however, because Turner- a star swimmer at Stanford- was sentenced to just six months in jail, despite prosecutors originally asking that Turner be sentenced to six years.
The sentencing came after a letter from Turner’s father addressed to Judge Aaron Pesky, in which the elder Turner writes that a long sentence would a steep price to pay for “20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life.”
Take a look at what some New Yorkers had to say when asked about the case.
