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And now the District Attorney’s office has used a rarely used power to disqualify Judge Persky from presiding over a sexual assault trial:

Judge who issued controversial six-month sentence in Stanford trial removed from new sex assault case

The judge in a Stanford sexual assault case that has ignited national debate about how such crimes are viewed and sentenced has been removed from a pending sexual assault case, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office.

Prosecutors made the unusual move of asking for another judge after being surprised by a decision Monday.

In the first case since the sentencing of former Stanford student Brock Turner — a ruling that set off a national firestorm, more than a million digital signatures on online petitions calling for Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky’s removal from the bench, a formal recall effort, protests, and death threats — the judge made an unexpected motion to dismiss a misdemeanour case before it went to the jury, according to prosecutors. That led the district attorney to request a new judge in a pending sexual assault case.

“We are disappointed and puzzled at Judge Persky’s unusual decision to unilaterally dismiss a case before the jury could deliberate,” Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosen said in a statement Tuesday evening.