Two judges in the national spotlight. One attacked by donald trump for his mexican heritage, the other sparking outrage for a slap on the wrist for a former star athlete convicted of Sexual Assault. This is cnn tonight, im don lemon. Six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious stranger, six months for socalled good behavior. Thats what he will pay for a 23yearold woman he had never met. The unnamed young woman detailing the horror that she read out in court. Sara sidner has that story. You dont know me, but youve been inside me, and thats why were here today. I was butt naked all the way down to my boots, legs spread apart and had been penetrated by a foreign object by someone i did not recognized. I decided i dont want my body anymore. The searing words of a Sexual Assault victim, brought to life by people who have never met her but want her voice heard, the 12page letter first read aloud in court by the victim, to her attacker, brock turner. The two game to the same par
Two judges in the national spotlight, one attacked by donald trump for his mexican heritage. The other in the spotlight for his sentence over Sexual Assault. Six months reduced to three for socalled good behavior. Thats the price brock turner, a former Stanford University swimmer will pay for what he did to a 23yearold woman he had never met. The unnamed young woman, detailing the horror in a 12 page letter. A letter she bravely read out in court. Her words echoing all the way to the nations capitol. You dont know me, but youve been inside me. And thats why were here today. I was buck naked all the way down to my boots, legs spread aprt. And had been penetrated by a foreign object by someone i did not recognize. I stood there examining my body beneath a stream of water, and i decided i dont want my body any more. The searing words of a Sexual Assault victim brought to life by people who have never met her, but want her voice heard. The 12 page letter first read allowed in court by the
Trump foxes on putting together his government, he spent part of the weekend reacting to perceived slights from saturday night live and the cast of the Broadway Musical hamilton. On friday night, mike pence attended a performance of the popular broadway show. He was greeted by a few cheers and a swell of boos from the audience. [ booing ] well, you could hear it there. After the show, one of its stars read a statement to pence written by the shows creator, linwell miranda. Heres part of that. President elect pence, we welcome you and we truly thank you for joining us here at Hamilton American musical. We really do. We, sir, we are the diverse america who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us. Our families, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir, but we truly hope this show hads inspired you to uphold our values and work on behalf of all of us. All of us. Well, donald trump responded, as you might expect, with a
Can you guess our person of the week . Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a friday night. We begin with the bombshell from the jury in a South Carolina courtroom. The trial of former Police Officer Michael Slager in the Fatal Shooting of walter scott. Running off, the Police Officer chasing after him, then firing eight times. Walter scott was not armed. The officer saying he fired until the threat was over. Just a short time ago, the jury revealing its deadlocked. One of the jurors saying i can not without reasonable doubt convict the defendant. How did the judge respond . He sent them back. Heres steve osunsami. Reporter there was drama in the jury room. At one point it was looking very possible that this former Police Officer, seen on cell phone video shooting a black man in the back, could go home to his family. Michael slager needed only one member of the nearly allwhite jury to see his side. To agree that he fired those eight bullets because he was afraid. Even though