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Stanford Sex Assault Convict to Get Drug, Alcohol Counseling
Source: Associated Press
Stanford Sex Assault Convict to Get Drug, Alcohol Counseling
By PAUL ELIAS SAN FRANCISCO — Jul 13, 2016, 10:33 AM ET
The former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault will be required to attend drug and alcohol counseling in addition to being randomly tested after he was caught lying about his high school habits.
Internal probation department communications obtained Tuesday through a public records request show that Brock Turner, 20, will have the counseling requirements added to his probation before his Sept. 2 release from jail.
Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky in June sentenced Turner to six months in jail after a jury convicted him of sexually assaulting a 23-year-old Palo Alto woman passed out outside a campus fraternity house. The sentence led to a national outcry from many who viewed the jail term as too lenient. The judge is now the target of a recall effort. Persky also ordered Turner to register as a sex offender for life and ordered him to submit to random drug and alcohol tests. But the judge didn't require Turner to undergo counseling and the probation report failed to recommend it.
In a June 15 email, probation manager Jana Taylor said Turner will be returned to court and ordered to attend counseling sessions. She said Turner needs counseling and the department doesn't "want to be placed in a position in the event we violate him for positive tests and his attorney argue we never modified probation to include counseling." Taylor said a judge other than Persky will handle the change in Turner's probation terms. No court date was mentioned the emails.
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By PAUL ELIAS SAN FRANCISCO — Jul 13, 2016, 10:33 AM ET
The former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault will be required to attend drug and alcohol counseling in addition to being randomly tested after he was caught lying about his high school habits.
Internal probation department communications obtained Tuesday through a public records request show that Brock Turner, 20, will have the counseling requirements added to his probation before his Sept. 2 release from jail.
Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky in June sentenced Turner to six months in jail after a jury convicted him of sexually assaulting a 23-year-old Palo Alto woman passed out outside a campus fraternity house. The sentence led to a national outcry from many who viewed the jail term as too lenient. The judge is now the target of a recall effort. Persky also ordered Turner to register as a sex offender for life and ordered him to submit to random drug and alcohol tests. But the judge didn't require Turner to undergo counseling and the probation report failed to recommend it.
In a June 15 email, probation manager Jana Taylor said Turner will be returned to court and ordered to attend counseling sessions. She said Turner needs counseling and the department doesn't "want to be placed in a position in the event we violate him for positive tests and his attorney argue we never modified probation to include counseling." Taylor said a judge other than Persky will handle the change in Turner's probation terms. No court date was mentioned the emails.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/stanford-sex-assault-convict-drug-alcohol-counseling-40546551
