I'll explain to my sons what happened, how a California jury found 20-year-old Turner guilty of three counts of sexual assault. How he wound up getting only six months in county jail and probation despite facing a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison.

Brock Turner, right, attends court. Credit:AP

And I'll make sure they read, slowly and carefully, how the woman described the moment she read a news story about her assault: "I read and learned for the first time about how I was found unconscious, with my hair dishevelled, long necklace wrapped around my neck, bra pulled out of my dress, dress pulled off over my shoulders and pulled up above my waist, that I was butt naked all the way down to my boots, legs spread apart, and had been penetrated by a foreign object by someone I did not recognize."

I want my sons to read that, and I want them to understand what rape is and I want them to know, without a hint of doubt, that it is an unconscionable crime for which there is no excuse.

I'll show them the tone-deaf statement Turner's father made in court, asking the judge for leniency. The father said of his son: "This is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life."