Convicted rapist and former star of the Stanford swim team Brock Turner gets a life sentence … from USA Swimming:
Convicted Stanford rapist Brock Turner has been banned from USA Swimming for life https://t.co/chIO0GlgxO
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 10, 2016
USA Swimming bans #BrockTurner for life – taking a much stronger stand than the judge who sentenced him 6 months. https://t.co/gg4ArL0s4H
— Natasha Fatah (@NatashaFatah) June 10, 2016
Turner had been sentenced to only 6 months in county jail (out in 3) after being convicted of raping an unconscious woman after a party.
From CNN:
The U.S. governing body for the sport of swimming on Friday banned ex-Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner, whose six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman has stirred widespread outrage.
Condemning Turner’s “crime and actions,” USA Swimming said that he is not a current organization member and is ineligible for membership.“Brock Turner’s membership with USA Swimming expired at the end of the calendar year 2014 and he was not a member at the time of his crime or since then,” USA Swimming spokesman Scott Leightman said. “As a result, USA Swimming doesn’t have any jurisdiction over Brock Turner.”
The rest here.
In court documents, Turner blamed his actions in part on the “party culture” of the team and told the judge in a letter that he wishes he “never was good at swimming or had the opportunity to attend Stanford, so maybe the newspapers wouldn’t want to write stories about me.”
#BrockTurner pouts & wishes he 'was never good at swimming' instead of wishing he never raped an unconscious woman: https://t.co/OOlr3XsnZJ
— Abby Martin (@AbbyMartin) June 9, 2016
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