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10 Tweets About Stuff That Lasted Longer Than Brock Turner's Jail Time

People take to Twitter after rapist is released having served only half of his six month sentence.

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10 Tweets About Stuff That Lasted Longer Than Brock Turner's Jail Time
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Brock Turner, a former student at Stanford University who was convicted of three felony counts of sexual assault for raping an unconscious woman behind a dumpster, was released on Friday, Sept. 2 after only three months behind bars. Many members of society were outraged by Turner's case and his sentence, and his early release from prison for "good behavior" sparked even more outrage.

Some upset people took to Twitter to express their frustration with Turner's early release by describing things and events in their lives that have lasted longer than Turner's time in jail. Here are some of those tweets you should see:

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Meanwhile, Turner's father responded to his son's conviction with this: "These verdicts have broken and shattered him and our family in so many ways. His life will never be the one that he dreamed about and worked so hard to achieve. That is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life. The fact that he now has to register as a sexual offender for the rest of his life forever alters where he can live, visit, work, and how he will be able to interact with people and organizations. What I know as his father is that incarceration is not the appropriate punishment for Brock."

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I, too, have kept produce in my fridge for longer than the time Brock Turner was in jail.

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I think we all can give this a retweet!

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Same.

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Again, same!

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Same x3

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When your #hormoneprobs are comparable to a rapist's time in jail...

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I have infinitely more sympathy for a fictional character than I do for Turner.

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A person can literally suffer from a common cold longer than the time Brock Turner suffered in jail.

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Just to put things into perspective.

Think about it: What trivial task, job, or event in your life has lasted longer than three months? Now think about the length and severity of previous rapists' punishments. Now think about how the victim of this case must feel about her rapist's much-less-harsh-than-necessary punishment and early release. I hope this does not set a precedent for similar cases in the future.

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