Banned from competitive swimming / SCHOOL RAPE CASES

[HairOfTheDog]

Well if there is anything to the whole Karma thing he might get some street justice. I think the judge is due some of that too

I don't know about 'street justice' for the judge, Six, but he's definitely feeling some heavy heat and consequences.



The California judge who issued what critics called a lenient sentence to a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexual assault has been removed from hearing an unrelated sexual assault case.

Santa Clara District Attorney Jeff Rosen filed a peremptory challenge Tuesday against Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky preventing him from deciding whether a former male Kaiser Permanente surgical nurse should be tried for the alleged sexual assault of a sedated female patient.

Rosen removed Persky a day after the judge abruptly dismissed charges against a San Jose woman in an unrelated misdemeanor theft trial. Apparently for Rosen, Judge Persky's decision in that case was the last straw.

"We are disappointed and puzzled at Judge Persky's unusual decision to unilaterally dismiss a case before the jury could deliberate," Rosen said in a prepared statement. "After this and the recent turn of events, we lack confidence that Judge Persky can fairly participate in this upcoming hearing in which a male nurse sexually assaulted an anesthetized female patient."

The sentence of Brock Turner in the Stanford University case was so unpopular that at least 10 prospective jurors in yet another unrelated case last week asked Persky to release them from jury duty because they said they could not serve under him.

In his statement, District Attorney Rosen said his decision to remove Persky was "a rare and carefully considered step for our office" and he left open the possibility that he would seek to disqualify the judge in future cases.

Persky could not be reached for comment on Tuesday evening.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2...sault-case