He served just half his already lenient sentence.
Two months ago the story of the Stanford rape became hugely well known around the world.
This was due to several developments in the case, such as the victim’s devastatingly honest letter to her rapist, which everyone should read. It gained even more traction when as his rape-apologist father sent an outrageous letter to the judge labelling the assault as “20 minutes of fun”.
His lenient sentence of just 6 months in prison, even after a jury found him guilty if three felonies, rightly caused outrage across the world.
Convicted in June, Brock Turner will walk free on Friday September 2 after just 3 months in prison, according to Daily Mail.
In June, the possibility of early release was stated in the event of good behaviour, and this is most likely the reason he is walking free this week.
Turner who withdrew from Stanford University, will be registered as a sex offender for life.
Stanford law professor, Michele Dauber, an advocate for sexual assault victims, who had actively campaigned to remove the judge from the case will protest with others outside the jail on Friday when Turner is released.
Turner has been heavily criticised for blaming drink culture for his actions.
In a statement released during the court proceedings he wrote:
“I wish I had the ability to go back in time and never pick up a drink that night, let alone interact with [redacted]. I can barely hold a conversation with someone without having my mind drift into thinking these thoughts.”
He continued to stress that he was a goal orientated person who temporarily succumbed to “peer pressure.”
“I’ve been a goal oriented person since my start as a swimmer. I want to take what I can from who I was before this situation happened and use it to the best of my abilities moving forward. I know I can show people who were like me the dangers of assuming what college life can be like without thinking about the consequences one would potentially have to make if one were to make the same decisions that I made. I want to show that people’s lives can be destroyed by drinking and making poor decisions while doing so,” he wrote.
“One needs to recognize the influence that peer pressure and the attitude of having to fit in can have on someone. One decision has the potential to change your entire life. I know I can impact and change people’s attitudes towards the culture surrounded by binge drinking and sexual promiscuity that protrudes through what people think is at the core of being a college student. I want to demolish the assumption that drinking and partying are what make up a college lifestyle I made a mistake, I drank too much, and my decisions hurt someone,” he said.
Turner continued to blame his inebriated state for his actions.
“I will never put myself through an event where it will give someone the ability to question whether I really can be a betterment to society. I want no one, male or female, to have to experience the destructive consequences of making decisions while under the influence of alcohol.”
