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Judges and Judiciary

Jun. 10, 2016

DA criticized over swimmer case

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen has adamantly contested the appropriateness of the six-month jail sentence convicted felon Brock Turner received from Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky.

By Phil Johnson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen has adamantly contested the appropriateness of the six-month jail sentence convicted felon Brock Turner received from Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky.

"The punishment does not fit the crime," Rosen said in an interview with the Daily Journal earlier this week.

While Rosen finds the sentence - which Turner can complete in three months wit...

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