Today I came home after a long day of work. I already heard the news that Brock Turner, man found guilty of three felony counts: assault with the intent to commit rape of an unconscious person, sexual penetration of an unconscious person and sexual penetration of an intoxicated person had been released after serving only three months in jail.

In California, rape is defined as, "If an individual has sexual intercourse with someone...[if] intoxication by alcohol or drugs impaired the victim's ability to consent..The victim was unconscious, asleep, or otherwise unaware that sexual intercourse was happening." So even though the survivor was both intoxicated and unconscious, Turner wasn't actually found guilty of rape but instead sexual assault.

I'm still figuring out that one.

This is the Brock Turner who was found in the early morning behind a dumpster on top of an unconscious woman. The Brock Turner caught by two other men when they realized what they were witnessing was an act of violence. The same Brock Turner who faced up to fourteen years in prison but instead got six months because Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky thought a longer length would negatively impact Turner's future.

What has left me reeling now though is how the mainstream media has handled Turner's release. No, they're now calling for a public outcry and they aren't discussing that one of five American women will be raped not just in college but also as some point in their lives.

Instead I saw a friend's post correcting TIME's misleading headline about Brock Turner's early release for good behavior.

TIME, one of the leading magazines, left out any mention of why Brock Turner went to jail in the first place. After a quick Google search, I discovered TIME wasn't the only one guilty of this gross failure of journalism. Associated Press, USA Today, TIME, CNN, Sports Illustrated, MSNBC, and the BBC were called out by viewers for neglecting to report on Turner's status of being found guilty of sexual assault.

I was again shocked at how the story was trending on Facebook thanks to their algorithms.

It's important the media properly reports on why Brock Turner went to jail is because he did not commit a victimless crime. Somewhere out there is a survivor. Someone who will live with the result of Brock Turner's actions for far past three months, whose pain cannot be relieved for good behavior and who had no one there to protect her from being harmed by the situation.

And yet, this is what Turner got.

By continuing to refer to Turner by his school related activities, the media is erasing his identity of being found guilty of sexual assault. Too often, survivors are afraid to speak out for fear of being judged or questioned. Whether or not survivors decide to come forward, they should not have to see the day the media spins the tale of a act of violence into one of a lost bright future.

I call for the media to live up to their obligations as journalists and publish relevant correct headlines.

I also encourage members of Humboldt State State University to continue to 'Check It'.