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HE FACES A RECALL CAMPAIGN BY CRITICS WHO SAY HE TREATED SEXUAL ASSAULT TOO LIGHTLY WHEN HE SENTENCED STANFORD UNIVERSITY STUDENT BROCK TURNER TWO YEARS AGO.              SOUNDBITE (English)...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eJUDGE AARON PERSKY IS FIGHTING FOR HIS JOB. HE FACES A RECALL CAMPAIGN BY CRITICS WHO SAY HE TREATED SEXUAL ASSAULT TOO LIGHTLY WHEN HE SENTENCED STANFORD UNIVERSITY STUDENT BROCK TURNER TWO YEARS AGO.\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE (English) Aaron Persky, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I also understand the passion that drives the recall. And while I think that passion is genuine, I think that the mechanism that has been chosen, which is judicial recall, is misguided. I just think it's the wrong outlet for that desire for change.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, PERSKY SAID HE'S FIGHTING THE RECALL TO PROTECT JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE.\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE (English) Aaron Persky, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Think about the next time if you're in a courtroom, what do you expect of that judge? Do you expect a judge to put their finger to the wind and test public opinion in your case? Or do you expect that judge to focus on the facts of your case and on the law that applies?\"\u003cbr/\u003e              STANFORD LAW PROFESSOR MICHELE DAUBER LAUNCHED THE RECALL EFFORT IN 2016 AFTER PERSKY SENTENCED THE STUDENT ATHLETE TO PROBATION AND SIX MONTHS IN COUNTY JAIL. HE POINTED TO TURNER'S CLEAN CRIMINAL RECORD AND THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATION. PROSECUTORS HAD ARGUED FOR SIX YEARS IN STATE PRISON.\u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE (English) Michele Dauber, chair of recall campaign \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Judge Persky has failed women in a very significant way in the voters are going to hold him accountable for that on June 5.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              THE CASE SPARKED OUTRAGE AT STANFORD AND AROUND THE COUNTRY AFTER THE VICTIM'S COURTROOM STATEMENT ABOUT THE ASSAULT AND ITS AFTERMATH WENT VIRAL.\u003cbr/\u003e              THE 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS INTOXICATED AND UNCONSCIOUS WHEN SHE WAS ASSAULTED ON THE STANFORD CAMPUS OUTSIDE A FRATERNITY PARTY IN 2015. \u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE (English) Michele Dauber, chair of recall campaign \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Many eyes around the country are going to be on Santa Clara county as a model for how to respond to bias against women in the legal system.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              IN RESPONSE TO THE TURNER CASE, GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN SIGNED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REQUIRE LONGER SENTENCES IN STATE PRISON FOR DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF ASSAULTING UNCONSCIOUS VICTIMS.\u003cbr/\u003e              DESPITE THE BACKLASH AND STRESS ON HIS FAMILY, PERSKY SAYS HE HAS NO REGRETS ABOUT HOW HE HANDLED THE TURNER CASE AND HAS NO PLANS TO QUIT HIS JOB. \u003cbr/\u003e              SOUNDBITE (English) Aaron Persky, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge\u003cbr/\u003e              \"And I'm in this fight for the broader message which is, let's protect our criminal justice system. Let's keep politics out of the courtroom.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              IF THE CAMPAIGN IS SUCCESSFUL, PERSKY WOULD BE THE FIRST CALIFORNIA JUDGE TO BE RECALLED IN 86 YEARS.\u003cbr/\u003e              TERRY CHEA, ASSOCIATED PRESS, LOS ALTOS HILLS, CALIFORNIA\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Los Altos Hills, California - May 15, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Aaron Persky holding campaign sign\u003cbr/\u003e              2. \"Reject the Recall\" sign\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Santa Clara, California - September 2, 2016\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Brock Turner leaves Santa Clara County jail, walks past photographers\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Los Altos Hills, California - May 15, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              4. SOUNDBITE (English) Aaron Persky, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I also understand the passion that drives the recall. And while I think that passion is genuine, I think that the mechanism that has been chosen, which is judicial recall, is misguided. I just think it's the wrong outlet for that desire for change.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              5. Persky being interviewed in living room\u003cbr/\u003e              6. SOUNDBITE (English) Aaron Persky, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Think about the next time if you're in a courtroom, what do you expect of that judge? Do you expect a judge to put their finger to the wind and test public opinion in your case? Or do you expect that judge to focus on the facts of your case and on the law that applies?\"\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Palo Alto, California - May 14, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Michele Dauber stands next to recall campaign signs\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Recall Judge Persky campaign sign\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Close-up of Persky's face on campaign sign\u003cbr/\u003e              10. Close-up of Turner's face on campaign sign\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Recall Persky campaign button\u003cbr/\u003e              12. SOUNDBITE (English) Michele Dauber, chair of recall campaign:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"Judge Persky has failed women in a very significant way in the voters are going to hold him accountable for that on June 5.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Stanford, California - June 12, 2016\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Various of students protesting at 2016 Stanford commencement\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Stanford, California - May 14, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              14. Student riding bike on Stanford campus\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Kappa Alpha fraternity house\u003cbr/\u003e              16. Close-up of Kappa Alpha sign\u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Palo Alto, California - May 14, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              17. SOUNDBITE (English) Michele Dauber, chair of recall campaign:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I think many eyes around the country are going to be on Santa Clara county as a model for how to respond to bias against women in the legal system.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              \u003cbr/\u003e              Los Altos Hills, California - May 15, 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              18. Persky talking in living room\u003cbr/\u003e              19. SOUNDBITE (English) Aaron Persky, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge:\u003cbr/\u003e              \"And I'm in this fight for the broader message which is, let's protect our criminal justice system. Let's keep politics out of the courtroom.\" \u003cbr/\u003e              20. Recall Aaron Persky campaign mailers\u003cbr/\u003e              21. 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