For the past week, all forms of media are covering Stanford rapist Brock Turner and his ludicrous prison sentence of six months. His father, Dan Turner, very eloquently wrote a letter to the judge about why his son did not deserve the longer prison time that the prosecution was asking for, as well as to describe what a "gentle" and "easygoing" guy Brock is. The comment in the letter that has sparked a particular outrage is: "That is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life."

Well Dan, I've got some news for you. A lot of things can happen in 20 minutes or less. It does not take a great amount of time for someone's life to change forever. However, you are very focused on your son and how his 20 minutes of misjudgment will impact him. What about the girl? You word your letter as if your son is the victim; he most certainly is not. You say what he did is a mistake. Yes, it was a terrible decision to make, but it was one he made nonetheless and deserves the "steep price" for his actions. To clear up any confusion you may have, Dan, here are a few things that can fairly be called 20 minutes of misjudgment.

1. Blowing your family or a friend off to go to a party and realizing, 20 minutes later, that you don't want to be there.

2. Taking a 20-minute nap five minutes before class is supposed to start.

3. Going for a third, and potentially fourth, helping at Thanksgiving (or any large meal for that matter).

4. Beginning to study at 2:05 when your exam is at 2:25.

5. Watching the last episode of "How I Met Your Mother" *apologies to anyone who likes the ending*

None of those are even remotely close to rape or any crime at all. The other (main) issue I have with your statement, as I mentioned earlier, is that a lot can happen in 20 minutes. I don't think you realize how long 20 minutes actually is. Anyone who has ever held a plank for a minute knows how long that can be, so just imagine 20 minutes. It's a long time. So, to take my list a slightly different direction, here are some things you either can do in 20 minutes or that take 20 minutes.

1. Have a quick snack. 20 minutes is a great amount of time to prepare and eat a small snack between meals.

2. Do some yoga or a cardio workout. If you go on Youtube or pinterest and enter "20 minute yoga" or "20-minute workout," I guarantee you will find hundreds to choose from. Not long enough to take a significant part of the day, but long enough to get your body moving.

3. In 20 minutes, I can run roughly 2.2 miles. People who are faster are already done with a 5K.

4. Exposed skin can become frostbitten in just 10 minutes. 20 minutes gets you into some serious trouble, potentially even death.

5. Depending on where you live, it takes 20 minutes to get to school or work.

6. Take a nap. 20 minutes is the perfect power-nap time.

7. Call your parents or someone you haven't talked to in a while for a chat. 20 minutes gives you a nice amount of time to talk.

8. You can make significant progress on a book in 20 minutes. A textbook that you have to read, or maybe not. But a book that you picked out for yourself? 20 minutes to sit and read that are awesome.

9. If it's nice out, take a good 20-minute walk. Enough time to stretch your legs and clear your head.

10. Go through your emails or phone and respond to any that need responding. You'd be surprised at how many things you may have put off until later and forgotten about. 20 minutes is a great amount of time to get that done.

11. Clean your room. Tidying up for 20 minutes is often enough to make a cluttered space nearly immaculate.

12. Make a schedule. Sometimes it's hard to keep everything you need to do and all of your commitments in your head, so it's beneficial to take 20 minutes to write it all down.

So Dan, as you see, there is a lot that can happen in 20 minutes. It's funny, but I doubt you'd see "rape unconscious girl" on anyone's list of things to do with 20 minutes. Your argument for several years in prison for 20 minutes of action is childish. Very rarely is someone murdered in over 20 minutes, and yet we send murderers to prison for life. The time it takes to commit a crime should have no impact on the length of time for the punishment. Besides, if your son wasn't stopped by the two other students, it would have been longer than 20 minutes, wouldn't it? Because I wanted to leave you with a total of 20 list items, here are three things that I hope you never forget, Mr. Turner.

1. Your son is not the victim.

2. You were unbelievably and unfairly lucky in the court ruling.

3. Someone other than your son was hurt by his actions.