![]() (Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group via AP) MAGS OUT NO SALES Dan Honda/Bay Area News Group/AP/FILE The six-month jail term given to Turner, the former Stanford University swimmer who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman after both attended a fraternity party, is being decried as a token punishment. In this Jphoto, Brock Turner, 20, right, makes his way into the Santa Clara Superior Courthouse in Palo Alto, Calif. He said he was disgusted that Turner sexually assaulted an unconscious woman behind a dumpster and received only a six-month sentence. Matthew Kells posted a sign in front of his house reading, “Vote yes to recall Judge Persky.” Like Turner, Persky was a Stanford athlete. But Persky sided with a recommendation from the county probation department, which said “when compared to other crimes of similar nature” the Turner case “may be considered less serious due to (his) level of intoxication.”Ĭritics immediately pounced and accused Persky of going easy on Turner because of his commonalities with the defendant. Prosecutors had asked for a six-year prison sentence. Though unable to speak about the Turner case because it remains under appeal, Persky has not indicated he would have done anything differently. “That’s why I’ve chosen to speak out because I think it threatens the independence of judges in California and perhaps even the nation.” But when it gets to the step of a recall – actually recalling a judge primarily based on one decision – that, for me, is a step too far. “They should accept responsibility for rulings. “I think generally judges should accept criticism,” Persky said. ![]() Mad about Brock Turner's sentence? It's not uncommon
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