Stanford sex assault judge cleared of misconduct in controversial sentencing
Judge Aaron Persky was accused of bias and excessive leniency in jailing Brock Turner for 6 months
A California agency that oversees judicial discipline in the state says a judge committed no misconduct when he sentenced former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting a young woman on campus.
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The California Commission on Judicial Performance ruled Monday that there was no evidence that Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky displayed bias in handing down a sentence decried as too lenient by critics across the country.
The commission said it received thousands of complaints and petitions regarding Persky and the sentence.
The 21-year-old was released from jail in September after serving three months. He will be on probation for three years in his native Ohio and is a registered sex offender.
Persky is the target of a recall campaign.
