When a sentence of six months' probation was handed down in the case of Brock Turner, the 20-year college Stanford University swimming star who assaulted an unconscious woman behind a dumpster, women around the world called bullshit.

Judge Aaron Persky, who presided over the case, determined that a term of imprisonment would be unjustifiably harsh in light of various factors, including "the adverse collateral consequences" on Turner's life.For many people, this case went to very heart of how the justice system fails women—especially when it comes to rape, sexual assault and domestic violence.

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