(somber music) - [reporter 1] 20 year old swimming star brock turner - [reporter 2] the 19 year old former high school all-american swimmer - [reporter 3] the star swimmer at stanford university - [reporter 4] contender for the olympics - [reporter 5] raping an unconscious woman - [reporter 6] intoxicated and unconscious woman - [reporter 7] passed out behind a dumpster - [reporter 8] drunk behind a stanford dumpster (somber music) - [chanel miller] your honor, if it is all right, i would like to address the defendant directly. you don t know me, but you ve been inside me and that s why we re here today. - the victim made headlines by releasing a heart wrenching letter detailing the rape and its aftermath. - [reporter] it s gotten over 15 million views on buzzfeed alone. - you don t know me, but you ve been inside me. - and that s why we re here today. - i was found unconscious with my hair disheveled, long necklace wrapped around my neck. - my bare skin and head had been rub
Mass incarceration separates families. our homes, our streets, our neighborhoods our schools are drained of parents, of children, of grandparents who should be together with families. instead, they have to form a relationship behind a glass. - there is this basic moral instinct that somebody who does wrong should have consequences for that. - [reporter 1] former stanford swimmer brock turner was sentenced to just six months in jail. - serving just half his jail term. - [reporter 2] three months of a six month sentence. - i ve got bad dye jobs that last longer than three months. - that is the type of sentence you get for a sack of weed. for raping someone, it s another pass that they re giving him. - the media uniformly covered this as a case of under punishment, as a slap on the wrist. brock turner was convicted of felony sexual assault.
Pattern of sentencing, the effects aren t going to be o the next brock turner. because our criminal legal system suffers from systemic bias and racism, the effects are going to be and low income and people of color. we now know that to be true an so with this information i mind, we really wanted t change with the conversation was. at least some legal scholar were articulating some of thos concerns so i am gruber, who i a feminist law professor, ha always railed against what she calls the feminist war o crime. she has talked about the way i which this incarcerate feminis has in exacerbated the inequalities in the criminal justice system let s see a soundbite from ira right now. increasing sentencing broadening the f ignitions o crime, prosecuting were people we all have this imagination that it will get at th powerful privilege, criminal defenders. but criminal auden equalize criminal law does the opposite
He was sent to jail. he was placed on a registry. - he has to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. he is restricted in where he can live, work, with whom he can associate. - if you don t know somebody who s been on a registry, if you have no relation to that, then you might imagine that this is nothing. (somber music) - there s no one more vocal in defensive of chanel than i am but the recall s not the right way to protect future victims of sexual assault and prevent another brock turner from happening. - we need to shift our frame in thinking about how to deal, not just even with violence against women, but all kinds of violences, dysfunctions, social problems. - the energy and the kind of anger that really came through in the recall
Took anywhere, up next, msnb films presents recall, the refrain. aftermath of the controversial 2016 sentencing of stanfor swimmer brock turner subsequent removal of aaro frisky and the role of the criminal legal system in seeking justice for sexual assault victims, immediately following the film - speak with the filmmakers abou the social justice issue raised in the documentary. watch the recall, refrain, nex on msnbc it is also streaming o peacock. thank you for making time fo us, make sure to catch a man back with us saturday at eight sundays at nine, follow us o twitter, tiktok and instagra twitter, tiktok and instagra at eve (light music) (hooves trotting)