Brian Banks is proof of an American justice system that seems to have one track for people like him, and another for people like Brock Turner.
Turner is the former Stanford swimmer who was convicted earlier this year of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in the middle of the night near a dumpster on campus. He tried to flee when confronted by two passersby.
He faced up to 14 years in prison for his acts. On Friday, he was released after serving three months of a six-month sentence.
Turner, now known to many as simply "the Stanford rapist," became a case study in the privilege often afforded to young, wealthy white men. He faced up to 14 years. Prosecutors pushed for six years. Turner was sentenced to six months by a lenient judge. Now, after serving half that, he's a free man, albeit with three years of probation. Read more...
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