# The judge that sentenced Brock Turner to 6 months has been recalled **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-judge-that-sentenced-brock-turner-to-6-months-has-been-recalled/945473 "2021-07-02T03:52:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-judge-that-sentenced-brock-turner-to-6-months-has-been-recalled/945473/1 "2021-07-02T03:52:25Z")
The voters have rendered judgment. > The California judge who prompted a national outcry after handing former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner a six-month sentence for sexual assault has been recalled by voters in Santa Clara County. > **[Voters Recall Aaron Persky, Judge Who Sentenced Brock Turner](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/06/05/617071359/voters-are-deciding-whether-to-recall-aaron-persky-judge-who-sentenced-brock-tur)** > > Turner was convicted of sexual assault in 2016 and ultimately served three months in county jail. Outraged opponents say Persky is unfit to serve out the remaining four years of his term. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-judge-that-sentenced-brock-turner-to-6-months-has-been-recalled/945473/2 "2021-07-02T03:54:14Z")
> [@Bootb](#): > > The voters have rendered judgment… Indeed. Back in 2018 🙂. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-judge-that-sentenced-brock-turner-to-6-months-has-been-recalled/945473/3 "2021-07-02T14:58:37Z")
And in more breaking news. [Judge in Brock Turner case, Aaron Persky, fired from high school tennis coaching gig](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2019/09/12/brock-turner-case-judge-aaron-persky-fired-tennis-coaching-job-lynbrook/2297795001/) (2019) ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-judge-that-sentenced-brock-turner-to-6-months-has-been-recalled/945473/4 "2021-07-02T15:43:41Z")
And in other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-judge-that-sentenced-brock-turner-to-6-months-has-been-recalled/945473/5 "2021-07-02T16:50:13Z")
That’s a relief ---
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-judge-that-sentenced-brock-turner-to-6-months-has-been-recalled/945473/6 "2021-07-02T22:43:18Z")
Interesting. 🙂 That article came up on a feed supposedly as recent news. I failed to notice the date. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-judge-that-sentenced-brock-turner-to-6-months-has-been-recalled/945473/7 "2021-07-02T22:53:40Z")
Dang, I thought this was a bug in our software!