The Stanford law professor campaigning to remove a judge who gave a former athlete at the university six months in jail for sexual assault says the state commission that cleared the judge of unethical conduct ignored some facts and distorted others.
The Commission on Judicial Performance’s examination of Judge Aaron Persky was “a one-sided, closed-door proceeding that resulted in an error-ridden report … by an agency with a long history of protecting judges,” Professor Michele Dauber said in an analysis posted Sunday on a website devoted to recalling the judge.
In particular, Dauber said, the commission overlooked evidence in several of Persky’s past cases that, she said, showed a “pattern of bias … in favor of privileged defendants, particularly collegiate athletes” like former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner. [Read Full Article]