This is Brock Allen Turner. He is a criminal. He is a rapist, convicted of three counts of felony assault.

For those of you who don't know what happened to the poor woman who crossed paths with Brock Allen Turner, let me fill you in. Brock and his victim were at the same party. Both were a little too drunk. This monster took his victim behind a dumpster while she was too incapacitated to even speak. He stripped her dress off of her, yanking it up above her waist. He ripped her bra and panties off; her panties were found six inches away from her unconscious body. He was found by two college students who, thankfully, tackled Turner off of the unconscious girl he was thrusting in held him until the police arrived.

Turner told the detectives later that he thought "she liked it" because, apparently, she rubbed his back.

You know, because a back rub counts as saying, verbally, "yes." Because even though she couldn't even speak, she still seemed like she wanted it, so it's totally okay. (Spoiler alert, it's definitely not.)

He and his father do not want you to know that part, though. They want you to see Brock as a sweet, stupid college kid, who had a little to much to drink and made a mistake. They want you to know that he was a great swimmer at Stanford and had a bright future.

I could not give two shits about his future.

This boy who is barely human, who qualifies more as a monster than as an actual person, has his daddy behind him saying he shouldn't be punished for "20 minutes of action."

20 minutes of action. That is what his father, an adult male, calls a felony assault and rape of a young woman. As if she were an object that he got to play with for 20 minutes. As if her feelings don't matter as long as his son doesn't go to jail (like he deserves).

Those 20 minutes of action ruined a young woman's self-esteem, her sense of dignity, and her life. It has permanently changed her and her life, and Brock Allen Turner and his daddy think that's fine, as long as Brock walks free.

The judge apparently agreed. Even though the jury convicted Brock Allen Turner of those three felony assaults, Judge Aaron Persky only sentenced Turner to six months in county jail instead of the fourteen years in state prison that he deserved. He was concerned that any harsher sentence would've damaged Turner.

Damaged Turner?! What about the woman he damaged? What about the thousands upon thousands of women that have been damaged by filth just like him? What message does that send them?

By giving Turner far less than he earned, it sends this message to other survivors: Your rapist's life and psyche are far more important than yours. It doesn't matter how much he took from you, we don't want to take anything from him. His future was so bright and it's just not fair to punish him, so we'll punish you indirectly by taking away the justice you deserve. His life and his achievements are more important than your dignity and sense of closure.

So many things went wrong in this ripple effect disaster of a case. Turner clearly was a privileged child who did whatever he wanted with little to no repercussions, falling right in line with the standard model of a wealthy, white, spoiled child. That is probably why he thought he could take what he wanted from that woman without any kind of consequences.

The justice system also seemed to collapse under this case. In the letter that Turner's victim wrote to him, she says that the police told her that she had been raped while she was in the hospital. They poked and prodded her for hours to get their evidence, then they let her shower and sent her home with a sweatshirt, sweatpants, and advice to try to get back to normal. That was it. She wasn't told any updates on her case; she found out what happened to her through an internet news article. Then, on top of that, Turner was barely sentenced at all, while that woman has to live with the knowledge and scars of what happened to her for the rest of her life. After six months, Turner gets to go free.

This pathetic excuse for a case also perpetuates the prevalent rape culture in this country, telling other young men that it's fine if you "make a mistake" by raping a woman. Telling men that they can do as they please to women, and telling women to be cautious. Reinforcing the idea that "boys will be boys" and women have to deal with the consequences without the help of the justice system.

I never want to see that smiling, perfect picture of Brock Allen Turner again. I only want to see his mugshot. I never want to hear about his swim times again; I only want to know if his sentence is changed to something more appropriate, like the fourteen years he should've had. I never want to hear anything personal about a rapist or criminal ever again; I want to know what they did and how they were punished.

Brock Allen Turner is a criminal, someone who committed a felony. He forced his way into another human being without any regard for her safety or her dignity. He took so much away from her and nothing is being taken from him. His sentence and the attitude of both his father and the judge are a disgrace.