The Stanford rape case & incarceration reform

So the letter read by the survivor of the Stanford assault case is all over my various social media feeds. Which it deserves to be; it’s important. (Although man, I cried when reading it and wince every time I see a link now; I hope the various survivors I know are tougher than me.) It sparked a couple of thoughts.

Because I’ve seen quite a few people talking about how he should be locked up forever. This reminded me of a ( realisation I had the last time I was talking about a shockingly lenient sentence given to a convicted rapist and athlete )