Judges and Judiciary
Jun. 28, 2017
Recall campaign of Santa Clara County judge starts
Critics seeking to recall Judge Aaron Persky for what they claim is a consistent bias in favor of privileged defendants in sex crimes cases — illustrated by his sentencing of sex offender Brock Turner have a formidable gauntlet to gather 58,643 valid signatures to put the recall issue on the June 2018 ballot.
Critics seeking to recall Judge Aaron Persky for what they claim is a consistent bias in favor of privileged defendants in sex crimes cases — illustrated by his sentencing of sex offender Brock Turner — have a formidable gauntlet to gather 58,643 valid signatures to put the recall issue on the June 2018 ballot.
But the woman spearheading the effort, Stanford Law School Professor Michele Dauber, said she is confident.
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