If you're outraged about Brock Turner, you need to learn about Brian Banks

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If you're outraged about Brock Turner, you need to learn about Brian Banks
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Brian Banks (http://mashable.com/2012/06/08/brian-banks-facebook-football-player-nfl/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) is proof of an American justice system that seems to have one track for people like him, and a**ther for people like Brock Turner (http://mashable.com/2016/09/02/brock-turner-release-changing-attitudes-on-rape/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).*

Turner is the former Stanford swimmer who was convicted earlier this year of ***ually assaulting an unconscious woman in the middle of the night near a dumpster on campus. He tried to flee when confronted by two passersby. *

He faced up to 14 years in prison for his acts. On Friday, he was released (http://mashable.com/2016/08/30/brock-turner-stanford-rapist-early-release/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) after serving three months of a six-month sentence.*

SEE ALSO: Colin Kaepernick's unlikely journey from rising NFL star to activist athlete (http://mashable.com/2016/09/01/colin-kaepernick-anthem-protest-socks/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)


Turner, **w k**wn to many as simply "the Stanford rapist," became a case study in the privilege often afforded to young, wealthy white men. He faced up to 14 years. Prosecutors pushed for six years. Turner was sentenced to six months by a lenient judge. **w, after serving half that, he's a free man, albeit with three years of probation.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/02/brock-turner-release-brian-banks/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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