Congresswoman speaks on sexual assault
Elizabeth Sanchez | October 26“You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me, and that’s why we’re here today.” These words echoed through the SUB Atrium Tuesday afternoon, just as it rang through a California courtroom earlier this year, when a Stanford University rape victim read a letter to her assaulter, detailing how the incident continues to affect her life. The case: two male bicyclists discovered a man atop a partially naked, unconscious woman beside a dumpster. One of the bicyclists restrained the man while the other called the police. Stanford student Brock Turner wound up receiving six months in county jail and three years of probation after being convicted of assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated woman in addition to other charges — a sentence that would go on to infuriate many across the country.
