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Speaker 1: Welcome back to playing Dirty sports Scandals. I'm your host

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Speaker 1: in scandal swiller Jay Harris. Last week's Brew was incredibly

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Speaker 1: dark as we started the story of Brock Turner, a

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Speaker 1: promising All American swimmer at Stanford whose life took a

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Speaker 1: the fateful night of January seventeenth, twenty fifteen didn't just

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Speaker 1: Chanelle and lead prosecutor Alilai kean air Set were determined

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Speaker 1: as she would later pen Chanelle believed it when they

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Speaker 1: told you that if you're assaulted, there's a kingdom, a courthouse,

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Speaker 1: high up on a mountain where justice can be found.

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Speaker 1: But would Chanell find justice then? On February second, twenty fifteen,

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Speaker 1: Brock Turner was arraigned at the Santa Clara County Courthouse,

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Speaker 1: packed with spectators, journalists, and supporters both for Chanel and Brock.

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Speaker 1: The prosecution had a solid case against Brock Turner, with

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Speaker 1: clear brock wrongdoing. Carl, Frederick and Peter recounted stopping their bikes,

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Speaker 1: Chanell's physical at Valley Medical Center the morning of January eighteenth,

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Speaker 1: of Chanel's body. Christine said these injuries indicated significant trauma,

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Speaker 1: she shot him down, stating, we don't only go with

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Speaker 1: Attorney Armstrong pressed her further, pointedly asking if the injuries

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Speaker 1: But even with the strength of the prosecution's third party testimony,

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Speaker 1: it was undoubtedly Chanell Miller's own voice that resonated most

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Speaker 1: powerfully in brock Turner's trial, Although she went by Emily

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Speaker 1: Chanell Miller did not remember meeting brock Turner, let alone

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Speaker 1: Prosecutor Kean Airsi held up a series of photographs taken

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Speaker 1: rock Turner himself should take the stand. Now, having a

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Speaker 1: an attorney. According to Jeffrey Bellen, a William and Mary

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Speaker 1: Law School professor and jury researcher, only about fifty percent

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Speaker 1: during cross examination is high. However, brock Turner's benign appearance

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Speaker 1: He appealed to the jury, painting himself as a victim

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Speaker 1: Brock said his behavior on the night of January seventeenth,

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Speaker 1: Brock said, I've been shattered by the party culture and

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Speaker 1: unequivocally that Brock Turner had engaged in partying, drinking, and

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Speaker 1: last night? And Brock responded, yeah, kind of. It was

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Speaker 1: regarding alcohol and drug use that prosecutor alile Kian Ers

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Speaker 1: tore apart. She also presented clear evidence that the defense's

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Speaker 1: main argument was false, that Chanelle Miller had provided consent.

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Speaker 1: The jury was presented with photographs of Chanelle curled up

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Speaker 1: brock Turner's attempt to flee the scene painted a starkly

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Speaker 1: different picture to the one the defense had painted. Had Brock,

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Speaker 1: consciousness of guilt moment. This isn't just interpretation. Consciousness of

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Speaker 1: that encapsulates this concept. Guilty men flee where no one pursues,

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Speaker 1: while the righteous stands bold as the lion. While brock

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Speaker 1: Turner certainly wasn't a lion. On the night of January seventeenth,

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Speaker 1: This case has an aftertaste, and for most it's a

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Speaker 1: forward to March thirtieth, twenty sixteen, when the jury reconvened

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Speaker 1: to declare that they'd found brock Turner guilty on three

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Speaker 1: you see, it turned out not to be so straightforward.

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Speaker 1: After the jury announced its guilty determination, it was time

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Speaker 1: The prosecution naturally argued for a substantial prison sentence, emphasizing

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Speaker 1: Prosecutor alile Kianairci recommended a sentence of six years in

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Speaker 1: future sexual assaults, but the defense had other plans. While

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Speaker 1: attorney Mike Johnson had already done his best to position

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Speaker 1: Brock as a contrite young man with a promising future,

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Speaker 1: Brock now had an opportunity to address the court directly

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Speaker 1: solely based on the reporting of my case. I wish

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Speaker 1: of my life. Brock Turner's statement did little to sway

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Speaker 1: Dan argued for leniency, saying quote, Brock's life has been

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Speaker 1: deeply altered forever by the events of January seventeenth and eighteenth.

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Speaker 1: His every waking minute is consumed with worry, anxiety, fear,

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Speaker 1: way he walks, his weakened voice, his lack of appetite.

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Speaker 1: Brock always enjoyed certain types of food and is a

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