People Vs Turner Case Study

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"You don’t know me but you have been inside me", this is the first sentence of the Brock Turner sexual assault defendant when addressing her accuser in the court room early 2015. In the famous court case People vs Turner, it is one of many cases that has shocked the nation and the way the court systems focus on sexual assault on college campuses. Brock Turner was a swimmer for Stanford University who raped a girl while she was unconscious on night on the college campus. He was charged with three felony counts, assault with intent to rape of an intoxicated or unconscious person, penetration of an intoxicated person and penetration of an unconscious person, and he was found guilty for all three. Tuner has been recorded to say that he blames
As a persons blood level rises with the consumption of alcohol the effects of alcohol seems to set it, confusion, sedation and the loss of consciousness. This is a common time in which sexual assault happens in the college towns. 89% reported drinking alcohol and being drunk before their victimization. No one really knows how to prevent this from happening or stopping the drugs from being in circulation. Just simply being a girl at a bar and drinking a drink can put you at risk for sexual assault and there isn 't really a way to stop that without stopping the entire idea of going out all together. But at the same time, people don’t get raped because they are drinking or because they are passed out. People get assaulted because there is a person there who wants to take advantage of them. A North Carolina State University recently came up with a monumental idea that is a nail polish. This nail polish challenged the whole idea of being able to stop sexual assault, all you have to do is purchase this $8 polish, put your finger in the cup that holds your alcohol or drink, and when you wait a few moments after you pull your finger out you wait for your results. If the polish changes colors there is a date rape drug in the drink meaning you should call authorities and alert the people around you so that they don’t get injured in the crossfire. When asked why they made this product they explained about how the people that are mostly affected by sexual assault are their, friends, girlfriends and sisters. If they can be the change they want to see in the world of rape culture they want to be that

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