California Recalls Judge Who Gave Six Month Sentence To Convicted Stanford Rapist

Nearly all of the precincts are counted, and it seems that California voters have ordered the recall of Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky, 60% to 40%.

Persky earned the recall effort after sentencing Stanford student, Brock Turner, to just six months in prison after Turner was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. Persky told Turner he’d earned the lenient sentence because he was such a strong athlete, and because Turner’s actions “may be considered less serious due to (his) level of intoxication.”