The case has drawn comparisons to Brock Allen Turner, the former Stanford University swimmer sentenced to six months in jail after witnesses caught him in the act of raping an unconscious woman. Judge Aaron Persky expressed concerns a prison term would have a “severe impact” on Turner. But Judge Persky is also presiding over a similar case in which a Latino man is due to be sentenced to a much harsher term than Brock Allen Turner for a similar crime. The Guardian reports Raul Ramirez, a Salvadoran immigrant who admitted to sexually assaulting his roommate, and later apologized, faces three years in state prison under a deal overseen by Judge Persky. Stanford professor Michele Landis Dauber, who is overseeing an attempt to recall Persky, says the case vindicates concerns over the judge’s bias.
Judge in Brock Turner Case Oversees Harsher Sentence for Latino in Similar Assault
HeadlineJun 28, 2016