# Would your opinion of Judge Persky prevent you from serving as a juror?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 8, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-opinion-of-judge-persky-prevent-you-from-serving-as-a-juror/756869 "2016-06-08T21:48:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-your-opinion-of-judge-persky-prevent-you-from-serving-as-a-juror/756869/12 "2016-06-15T18:53:37Z")

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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](http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/judge-who-issued-controversial-six-month-sentence-in-stanford-trial-removed-from-new-sex-assault-case)

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

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