Early release for US sex attacker

A former Stanford University swimmer whose six-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman caused widespread outrage will leave prison three months early.

Online inmate records show 20-year-old Brock Turner is expected to be released from the Santa Clara County jail on September 2. He was sentenced on June 2.

County jail inmates serve 50% of their sentences if they keep a clean disciplinary record.

The sentence triggered criticism that a star athlete from a privileged backgroundreceived special treatment.