The rape case at the prestigious Stanford has stirred up emotions in the United States.
Harsh criticism has been directed by the mild verdict against 20-year-old perpetrator Brock Turner – who was stopped during the rape of Swedes Carl-Fredrik Arndt and Peter Jonsson.
– the punishment does not correspond to the crime, said prosecutor Jeff Rosen.
the tours around the rape of Stanford University have been many.
the crime occurred in January last year. Behind a dumpster on campus raped a young woman of Brock Turner.
Then rode the two Swedish doctoral students Carl-Fredrik Arndt and Peter Jonsson past.
“Seemed strange”
They saw up close how the man was over the woman.
– We see that she does not move, while moving very much. So we stop and think this seems very strange, says Carl-Fredrik Expressen.
When they approached the more they see that the woman is definitely not moving. After being confronted Brock Turner fleeing the American student.
– I check so that the girl alive, for she lay perfectly still, while Peter immediately after running, and manages to catch him maybe 30 meters later. Since we stick him until the police come, says Carl-Fredrik Arndt Expressen.
In the US, the two Swedes hailed as heroes and they have participated in a range of media including NBC News.
However, there has been a discussion about the punishment that the 20-year-old simtalangen got.
In court, he was sentenced to six months in prison for the crime that could have been given up to 14 years in prison, according to Britain’s the Guardian . Among the critics of the judgment are, among others, Michele Dauber, law professor at Stanford.
– The judge must have done everything to meet this man, she says according to NBC.
Similar background
Both she and other critics argue that judge Aaron Persky sentenced a mild punishment and argue that one explanation may be that he has a similar background as Brock Turner, with a promising athletic career at Stanford behind.
something else that has been debated is the long statement which left the victim during the trial, which among others BuzzFeed published in full.
“He is always registered as sex offenders. It will always be there. Just as he did to me will always be there, and not just disappear after a few years. It stays with me as part of my identity, and has forever changed the way I look at myself and how I will live the rest of my life, “read the woman also included in the law.
She also mentioned the two Swedes:
“most importantly, thanks to the two men who rescued me, which I have not yet met. I sleep with two bikes that I’ve drawn above my bed as a reminder that there are heroes in this story. “
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