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Persky recall: How did Brock Turner’s sentence lead to this?

On Tuesday, Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky became the fifth judge in California history to be booted out of office before his term is up, because his sentence in a Stanford sexual assault case sparked national outrage.

Brock Turner in a September 2016 photo provided by the Greene County Sheriff’s Office in Xenia, Ohio, where the former Stanford student registered as a sex offender. Greene County Sheriff’s Office via AP, File)

Before the rise of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements in response to widespread sexual misconduct in Hollywood and other industries, many voters in Santa Clara County were calling Time’s Up on Persky.