This focus on sentencing of criminals who commit "sex" crimes is great but too narrow. How many rapes and molestations go unreported or reported but not pursued to any conviction or other outcome? And how does the system guard against further attacks by those arrested and those convicted? If many persons in society (including judges) are not seeing these attacks as the most serious of crimes, the attacks will persist. And I am afraid way too many persons still do not view sexual battery, I will call it, as serious. Less than two years ago, after a lifetime of raping and molesting women and girls and finally being publicly accused by more than 40 women, comedian Bill Cosby staged a show in Turlock CA for admiring "fans" with only one protester outside. One.

Brock Turner got kicked out of Stanford, got kicked out of Rio Olympics (he was a Stanford athlete), got horrible publicity and received punishment which will be visible for his entire life. That's plenty of punishment. Don't punish that guy any more. Stop punishing Judge Aaron Persky, who understood that this was already strong punishment and didn't want to hurt Brock Turner any more.

"Brock Turner got kicked out of Stanford, got kicked out of Rio Olympics (he was a Stanford athlete), got horrible publicity and received punishment which will be visible for his entire life. That's plenty of punishment. Don't punish that guy any more."

Right, because as we all know, Brock Turner is the *actual* victim in this case.

Give. Me. A. Break.

It's attitudes like that which make the "boys will be boys" attitude possible.

Sure. The girl is probably over it by now anyway, right?

Oh, no, I think that, in fact, most young women who are raped usually carry that with them FOR LIFE! Not just PTSD, Depression, and anxiety, also
their sense of personal security is damaged,
can have issues with relationship,
experience medical issues for months & years after,
many develop phobias

But, you are right. Since he raped her while SHE WAS UNCONSCIOUS, him being kicked out of Stanford, is plenty of punishment.

What if this were your sister or mother or daughter? How would you feel then!

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I can't read all of these long comments from one person.

Sex crimes should be prosecuted not with "boys will be boys" sentencing but following standard guidelines to punish, denture, and rehabilitate.

Without passing judgement on Judge Perskey's sentencing or in anyway endorsing him, I am troubled by this recall campaign. There has to be a better way to address judicial failure, if that is the case, than mass campaigns. What if every controversial sentence were subject to recall? We woldn't have a judicial system at all.

I am not sure about this specific case but there is room in our justice system for appeals. Let the system work, knowing that it is not always perfect. Don't politicize it but be thankful ours is better than most.

I'm not perfectly comfortable with my comments. It seems to me that there is some obvious bias in our judicial system but let's perfect that systemically and not through individual recalls.