Three Northern California teenagers who admitted to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who later committed suicide after photographs of the assault were circulated to classmates, were ordered to serve sentences of only 30 and 45 days in juvenile detention, according to documents obtained by the San Jose Mercury News this week.

In September, the unnamed teens admitted in Santa Clara County Juvenile Court to carrying out the sexual assault, which the parents of victim Audrie Pott called "heinous acts on an unconscious minor," as well as possessing photographs of their victim. Both are felony crimes.

The court sentenced two of the perpetrators, both 16 years old, to 30 days in juvenile detention. Those sentences have already been served. The third defendant, who is 17, is currently serving a continuous 45-day sentence. It's unclear when the sentences were handed down because juvenile court proceedings are not open to the public.

The sentences would have carried a maximum prison sentence of 10 years had the teens been tried as adults. They are also more lenient than the sentences handed down to two 16-year-old boys in Steubenville, Ohio, who were ordered to serve one and two years in juvenile detention on sexual assault convictions in a case that has been widely compared to the Pott case.

Barry Krisberg, a senior fellow at the UC Berkeley School of Law, told the San Jose Mercury News that the light sentences did not "completely surprise" him.

"It's what I call justice by geography. The juvenile court has wide disparities in the amount of penalties it connects to specific behaviors," Krisberg told the paper. "On average, Santa Clara (County) has lower sentences than other places. They've embraced the treatment and rehabilitation strategy."

The Mercury News also reported that new court records showed that two of the teens involved in the case had admitted to possessing or controlling sexual photos of girls under the age of 18 after their assault on Pott, but before their arrest in April 2013.

The Pott family, through their lawyer, said in a statement last week: "It has become quite clear to us that the suspects refuse to accept responsibility or show remorse for their actions. The fact that they have not learned their lesson is demonstrated by the fact that two of these young adults, even after Audrie's death, have continued to engage in 'slut shaming' other young women through, for example, the dissemination of nude photographs."