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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Aug. 26, 2016

Ethics experts decry calls to oust Persky

Embattled Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky's recusal from a child pornography case has reinvigorated critics seeking the judge's removal from the bench for what they believe to be a compromised ability to rule on cases involving sexual violence.

By Phil Johnson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — Embattled Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky's recusal from a child pornography case has reinvigorated critics seeking the judge's removal from the bench for what they believe to be a compromised ability to rule on cases involving sexual violence.

But despite a sustained public outcry, which took the form of a protest Wednesday outside a meeting of the C...

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