Convicted sex offender Brock Turner wants new trial in Stanford sex assault case
A former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a campus fraternity party is appealing.
Lawyers for Brock Turner filed an appeal Friday. They argued the Ohio native’s initial trial was “a detailed and lengthy set of lies.”
The attorneys say they hope a new trial will help overturn Turner’s mandatory lifetime requirement to register as a sex offender.
The case gained national attention when Judge Aaron Persky sentenced Turner to six months in jail.
NBC Bay Area reported that John Tompkins, Turner’s legal adviser, said what happened wasn’t a crime. Tompkins says the facts don’t reflect the verdict, and that’s why they’re appealing.
Turner was convicted of three felony counts of sexual assault. At the time of his case, he was a decorated swimmer at Stanford.
EmperorBulbax on December 3rd, 2017 at 17:30 UTC »
I appreciate that the title of this article refers to Brock Turner as "convicted sex offender". Some other publications have titles that are referring to him as "swimmer" or "student".
HighOnGoofballs on December 3rd, 2017 at 15:56 UTC »
Couldn’t he actually get a harsher sentence with a new trial?
someguyyouno on December 3rd, 2017 at 15:23 UTC »
He picked the wrong time to ask for one.