Statement on the Death Penalty and the Attempted Execution of Christa Pike
Every person has inherent dignity and an inalienable right to life. The death penalty is an explicit violation of that…
Standing in front of a full courtroom in Palo Alto on Thursday, the 23-year-old college graduate who was sexually assaulted by former Stanford University student Brock Turner turned to address him directly.
"I was awake, right?"
The young woman, Emily Doe, whose name has been changed to protect her privacy, delivered at Turner's sentencing what Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen called "the most eloquent, powerful and compelling piece of victim advocacy that I've seen in my 20 years as a prosecutor."