"I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything to get rid of this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind. Did he rape my head too?" Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

The quote you just read says something about ALL rape victims. Once the act has been committed, there is no going back. They can't erase what they saw, they can't erase what was done to them. They are permanently scarred forever. That precious part of their bodies has been traumatized by a monster, NOT a human being.

Recently newspapers, news stations, and radio stations have been raving about the three count felony rapist, Brock Turner, and his recent release from jail. After raping an unconscious woman behind a dumpster at a fraternity party, Brock Turner was sentenced to three months in jail. Now I know what you're thinking...... Why in the world would a judge let a RAPIST be allowed only three months in jail for this heinous crime?..... White MALE privilege, being a well known swimmer (but oh those days are done now), and having mommy and daddy buy a lawyer to protect their guilty son.

I am extremely displeased with the fact that a grown man, capable of knowing right from wrong (even while intoxicated), chose to rape an unconscious woman, gets a measly three month sentence to jail, but people who are convicted of marijuana charges, are being sentenced to anywhere from five to life in prison. So you tell me what's worse? A RAPIST who is now free to roam in our society, or a person who was caught smoking pot.

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I know that I am not the only person this frustrates, so feel free to comment below and tell me your thoughts on this matter! For so long our justice system has had things a** backward, but this definitely takes the cake. We're allowing a grown man back into our society, after raping an innocent woman and trying to run, but we won't allow people of lesser charges get a chance?.... What is wrong with us? We spend so much time focusing on the wrong things, that when the right decision hits us in between the eyes, we don't even know it.

I understand life is unfair, but this crime was unjustly NOT punished. Sure he spent three months in jail, but the woman who was raped will never have the same life she once had! She won't act the same, feel the same, love the same, or even trust anyone the same. Rape is one of the worst things a human being could do, and for Brock Turner's crime to go almost unnoticed is mind boggling and idiotic to me. What a slap in the face it is to the victim to let her rapist roam free in society because the judge felt that he was a young kid who made a mistake.... Yeah a mistake that scarred the victim for life!

After Turner's release from jail protestors have been rallying outside the Turner home holding signs that say, "If I rape Brock, will I only do 3 months of jail," probably not. But because our society has imbedded the fact that if a woman says she was raped, she was probably dressed inappropriately or wanted it to happen..... How disgusting can people be? I feel for the victim and her family and the life-long pain that has been caused by this monster we call a man. It is obvious that our justice system and our society have a LONG way to go.