As Brock Turner’s six-month sentence for rape continues to generate outrage, two women who had served as character witnesses for Turner have now apologized for their support.
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Most prominent is Leslie Rasmussen of indie rock band Good English. Rasmussen, who attended the same high school as Turner in Ohio, indicated in her character witness letter that the blame for the crime should be placed on the environment at college campuses, not on young men, like Turner, who commit rape:
Rasmussen also said of the rape, “I think this is all a huge misunderstanding.” She added, while insisting she was not blaming the victim, “I don’t think it’s fair to base the fate of the next ten + years of his life on the decision of a girl who doesn’t remember anything but the amount she drank to press charges against him.” Read more…
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