It's been impossible to open social media or the news the past few days and not see the name Brock Turner. His case is gaining visibility across America for all the wrong reasons. It was such a hard thing to read and hear about. It was such a horrible decision on his part to take advantage of an unconscious women. And to only receive six months of jail time? That's unacceptable. And it's not just the judge that deserves the blame. The probation officer that interviewed Turner suggested the six month sentence. The prosecution wanted six years and he left the courthouse with six months.

The judge took in the fact that he lost a scholarship when deciding his sentence. A lost scholarship is a comparable punishment to jail in the case of sexual assault? As a man, as a student, and as a human being, I cannot see where this punishment fits the crime. College has been called a privilege many times and college being paid for is a privilege that very few attendants get to experience. Committing a horrendous crime takes away that privilege completely separately than any sentence from a court. Oh my goodness, and what this father said about the crime just stirs up some more feelings of disgust and hatred. "A steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action." I understand he is your kid, your son, and you only want the best for him, but isn't there a point where you can't defend your child's actions? Maybe there isn't and I just don't know about it since I'm not a parent yet. Maybe there is and this guy really needs a reality check, or maybe he is just in shock himself. Anyway, he's not the one on trial here.

If you haven't read the letter from the victim, who still remains anonymous, read to Turner in court, then you definitely should. This woman stood in front of her attacker and read one of the most powerful pieces I have ever read. She explained every emotion to this boy, every impact he made on her, and called him out for everything that he did. She was able to stand in front of someone who completely changed the course of her life and tell him how disgusting what he did to her was and how her life will never be the same. That takes a strong and special kind of person to be able to do that. If anything, she should be celebrated for taking a stand and becoming someone for other victims to draw courage from. Apparently, Turner is planning on talking to school kids about the danger of alcohol and impairment of judgement, but dang, I think she would make a much better speaker. The the real story here is what happens next for her? Let's give less attention to Turner and focus on some of the details we have about this woman. The story here is how she finds a way to move on, the motivation to face him, and make him answer himself for what he did. So, let's find a way to change the narrative and stop making this Turner kid more famous than he deserves to be.

I know at this point, I'm just adding fuel to the fire, but this isn't the first time that a case like this has gone national or an attacker gets to walk free, or mostly free. Let me drop some statistics real quick for everyone. Ninety-seven percent of rapists never spend a day in prison and only 5 percent of men commit 95 percent of rapes. That first figure is the one that really blows my mind. The justice system really needs to begin to change in these cases. How can anyone expect to come forward and admit they had a terrible crime committed against them only to see their attacker walk away? Not only that, but the process of reporting a rape can be so painful and terrifying for anyone. These victims go through a terrible experience before they even have something to report, and from there up for years afterward, they are forced to relive this event and get accused of lying and see their attacker get off Scott-free?

And to that effect, maybe sexual assault would become less of a problem if we started convicting the attacker instead of attacking the victim.