So, there's one thing where the recall campaign against the judge is in agreement with Brock Turner. A do over might just happen.

Instead of being deeply grateful that he avoided the six-year prison sentence the District Attorney considered appropriate, Web Link Brock Turner now actually appeals his slap-on-the-wrist conviction!

Turner's alleged "credibility and honesty" were made clear after the trial, when "Evidence . . . such as text messages and photos indicating repeated drug use, in contrast to Turner's claims that he was new to the college drinking culture when he arrived at Stanford — further underscored Turner's lack of credibility" Web Link

Here's where we'd benefit from a truly objective sentence-appeal system, as some nations use. There, if you appeal a trial result, a higher court may find for or against the appeal -- and in the latter case, has discretion to impose a new and even much harsher penalty than if the case hadn't been appealed. (You can bet it cuts down on the playing of opportunistic appeal gambits.)

Wow, the link provided by "incredible" is also incredible. I don't see the contradiction in his saying that he was new to the drinking scene at Stanford. The other evidence shows him smoking pot, also at Stanford. Pot is not really "drugs."
It is much less likely than alcohol to cause problems. On the other hand, one
of the witnesses described in some of the post-trial evidence describes herself
as regularly or normally drinking 6 to 8 shots of hard liquor, and she says she doesn't get drunk until 8-10 shots. Wow! That's a lot of liquor. And Michele Dauber says this problem had nothing to do with the drinking.

As for his request for another trial, that's what it is. It's a long shot. But it doesn't appeal the sentence, but the result of the trial itself. It would subject him to resentencing. I think the point might be that Judge Persky showed bias in his rulings during the trial, which harmed the defendant. Perhaps he then felt guilty and that's what made the lighter sentence. But people have a wrong idea of what a "normal" sentence would be. The state laws were changed after this to redefine one of the counts on which he was convicted so that a stronger sentence was associated with that particular count. In a retrial, he'd not be subject to the new penalties for that crime.

When Donald Trump tweeted about how wrong the sentence was for the guy who triggered the gun that killed Kate Steinle, he was aiming to put his own uninformed view over those of the jurors in that trial. A lot of the media seems to agree with Trump, just like in this case against Turner. Having an opinion is not the same as serving on a jury. The recent miniseries shed a lot of light on the media and politics and how that controlled the Menendez verdict. Maybe this is more of the same. The D.A. here was under a lot of pressure regarding another sex assault where there was no prosecution. I don't think justice was served in the way Turner was tried. But it would take 2 of 3 judges in an appeal to feel the same way for Turner to get a new trial. They won't be swayed by public opinion, I hope.

A slap on the wrist?

Brock Turner has to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

It will limit his ability to work IN MOST COMPANIES.

It will limit where he's allowed to live and how his neighbors deal with him.

FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE

That's hardly a slap on the wrist.

I don't blame him for trying to get out from under a life sentence like that.. however I do believe he is guilty and hopefully his conviction remains after appeal.

He's got money. He'll appeal it all the way to the Supreme Court most likely.

There is no "appeal" to the state Supreme Court in a non-capital punishment case - just discretionary and rare review. Turner's appeal begins and ends in the Court of Appeal. No valid basis for reversal is cited in the article.