Three months is the perfect amount of time for a vacation, or if you are Brock Turner, it is the amount of time you spend in jail for three counts of sexual assault.

It seems to be if you’re an athlete you get special treatment. In the case of Brock Turner his judge Aaron Persky is an alumnus of Stanford (the same school as the offender) made the decision to sentence Turner to only six months in jail when the expected jail time was 10-15 years. Persky believed that since he was a first time offender he was not a danger.

This is not anything new. Take the case of New York Giant Josh Brown. He was brought up on charges for domestic violence. His ex-wife reported he had been violent with her on 20 different occasions. Brown also broke the restraining order his ex-wife placed against him, and felt no remorse for what he had done. After the charges were dismissed, Brown was only suspended from the season opener.

There is also the case of Kobe Bryant former basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers, that allegedly raped a woman at the Lodge and Spa at Cordillera, in Colorado. The charges were dropped because she refused to testify. All Bryant was required to do was make a public apology. Neither one of their careers have suffered.

Athletes have gotten away with barely a slap on the wrist. We put our athletes on a pedestal. We tell them they are untouchable- that they are the greatest. This causes them to think that no matter what they do, it doesn’t matter because they are a famous athlete.

Sharyn Moore Lethbridge College student body president says policy is for any offender to be brought before the board for a review and possibly end in suspension. But for the victim, it is the school’s policy not to get involved. That for example includes driving the victim to the hospital.

Since when did driving someone to the hospital who is in need of medical attention become being personally involved? If someone broke their arm would you not drive them to the hospital? Or call 911 and make sure they received proper medical attention? Why would this be any different?

Illegal is illegal. It does not matter who you are. Whether you are an athlete or just a regular citizen, the laws are the same and should be applied fairly and accordingly.