Judge in Stanford sex assault case can be recalled

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 8:02 pm, Monday, August 28, 2017




SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A recall campaign to oust a judge under fire for his handling of a sexual assault case involving a Stanford University swimmer can resume, a judge ruled Monday.

Retired San Francisco County Judge Kay Tsenin agreed with the recall campaign that the county — not the state — has authority over the recall of Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky.
 
Persky drew criticism nationwide after he sentenced former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting a woman who had passed out behind a trash bin near a fraternity house.

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Michele Dauber, a Stanford University law professor who has led the recall effort, thanked the judge for a ruling that "validates what we've been saying all along, that Judge Persky filed a frivolous lawsuit the goal of which was to stall and delay the democratic process."

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Recall-campaign-against-California-judge-can-12103008.php

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[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[Podkayne K]

2. Who plays movie role?

Looks a lot like Wallace Shawn.

[mpcamb]

3. Hope for the sake of irony, Wally Shawn gets to play Dauber, a better real-life pair-up.

Shawn's a good guy with good instincts.

[More_Cowbell]

4. Now that's all I can see

Some people don't realize (that was my Trump impression) that this judge also bent over backwards to help the defendant in the case he heard right before the Brock Turner case. He told the victim, whose first language is not English, to hurry up when she was making her victim statement. But he had plenty of time to ensure that the abuser would be able to get to work after his incarceration.

He should not be on the bench.

https://www.democracynow.org/2016/6/9/just_before_giving_stanford_rapist_6