California Lawmakers Approve Mandatory Sentencing For Rape

The California Assembly unanimously passed a measure that requires a prison sentence for anyone convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious person.

The 66-0 vote comes after a six-month jail sentence (and three years’ probation) imposed in June by Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky on former Stanford student Brock Turner.

Richard Gonzales

Full Story: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/30/491989477/california-lawmakers-approve-mandatory-sentencing-for-rape