Voters remove judge who gave Brock Turner a 6-month sexual assault sentence
This hasn't happened in California in more than 80 years
This hasn't happened in California in more than 80 years
This hasn't happened in California in more than 80 years
California voters , the judge who gave Brock Turner a six-month sexual assault sentence in the Stanford University rape case that made headlines in 2016.
Turner, a Stanford swimmer, was accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman while at school. A jury convicted him on all three charges 바카라 게임 웹사이트 sexual penetration with a foreign object of an intoxicated person, sexual penetration with a foreign object of an unconscious person and intent to commit rape 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and Persky sentenced Turner to six months in jail with three years probation. The maximum jail sentence for sexual assault in the state of California is 14 years.
People across the country were , which the judge explained by saying he felt Turner would "not be a danger to others바카라 게임 웹사이트 and he was concerned that 바카라 게임 웹사이트a prison sentence would have a severe impact바카라 게임 웹사이트 on him.
Turner's victim, a woman who went by the name Emily Doe, about her experience that she shared in the courtroom. When Persky handed down his sentence, he made no comments about the victim.
Talk of a recall after Persky sentenced Turner. Earlier this year, the Santa Clara County registrar announced that supporters of the recall effort had enough signatures to get the question on Tuesday's ballot.
바카라 게임 웹사이트As a judge, my role is to consider both sides,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Persky filed with the county registrar. 바카라 게임 웹사이트It바카라 게임 웹사이트s not always popular, but it바카라 게임 웹사이트s the law, and I took an oath to follow it without regard to public opinion or my opinions as a former prosecutor.바카라 게임 웹사이트
After Turner's sentencing and the controversy that followed, California enacted mandatory minimum sentences for sexual assault cases and closed a loophole in the law that allowed sexual assault to be punished less severely if the victim was drunk. A California judge has not been recalled in more than 80 years.