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Calif. Judge Cleared Of Misconduct After Sentence In Stanford Sexual Assault Case

Activists from UltraViolet, a national women's advocacy organization, push for the removal of Judge Aaron Persky from the bench in San Francisco in June. The judge has since been cleared of misconduct. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption

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Calif. Judge Cleared Of Misconduct After Sentence In Stanford Sexual Assault Case

Judge Aaron Persky sentenced Stanford University student Brock Turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting a woman. The state judicial discipline agency found no evidence of sentencing bias.

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