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August 29, 2016

Judge Aaron Persky Will No Longer Hear Criminal Cases
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California Judge Aaron Persky will no longer hear criminal cases,
following outrage over lenient sentences he handed down to sexual
offenders. Persky became the subject of a recall campaign after he
sentenced Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner to a six-month prison
term for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. In
2015, Persky gave a four-day sentence to a man found guilty of
possessing child abuse images. He will be reassigned to a civil court in
San Jose, at his own request.


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