Judges and Judiciary
Dec. 21, 2016
Judge cleared by CJP over sentence but still faces recall effort
The Commission on Judicial Performance rejected any disciplinary action against Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky for the six-month jail sentence he gave to a convicted sexual assailant, but the judge's critics still hope to remove him from the bench in a recall election.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The Commission on Judicial Performance rejected any disciplinary action against Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky for the six-month jail sentence he gave to a convicted sexual assailant, but the judge's critics still hope to remove him from the bench in a recall election.
In an explanatory statement, the commission published the results of an unusual investigation of Persky,...
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