This past week, Santa Clara Judge Aaron Persky bowed to pressure from many quarters and asked to be transferred from a criminal to a civil department in San Jose. Assuming the transfer was voluntary, as presiding Judge Risë Pichon reported, it’s hard to blame Persky one bit. After he sentenced star Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner to a six-month sentence for the sexual assault of an unconscious woman, Persky has faced:
• A website, www.recallaaronpersky.com, organized and co-sponsored by the National Organization for Women, Advocates for Youth, and others;
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