This Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 released by the Greene County Sheriff's Office, photo shows Brock Turner at the Greene County Sheriff's Office in Xenia, Ohio. The former Stanford University swimmer, whose six-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman sparked a national outcry, registered as a sex offender Tuesday, at the Greene County Sheriff's Office in Xenia, Ohio, four days after he was released from a California jail for good behavior after serving half his term. (Greene County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner is asking a San Jose appeals court to overturn his sexual assault conviction. The 22-year-old was convicted last year of three felony counts of assault involving an unconscious and intoxicated woman. The case made national headlines when Santa Clara Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky sentenced Turner to six months behind bars following the conviction. He was released for good behavior after serving only half of the sentence. Turner filed to overturn the conviction last Friday, claiming that the trial was unfair.