Judge Persky was just re-elected for another 6-year term - running unopposed

I've just posted a blog about two nightmare judges in New York - Richard Northrup and Kevin Dowd - who were elected while running unopposed.

Yet another nightmare like that just happened in California where Judge Aaron Persky, the one who gave a 6-month sentence to the Stanford rapist Turner Block, was just re-elected to a 6-year term.

As the report says, the voters "did not get to oust" the judge because her ran unopposed.

And that is, despite an international outcry to oust Judge Persky, an online petition that has gathered hundreds of thousands of votes to oust him and members of legislature calling upon him to resign and pledging to oust him if he doesn't.

It is clear that Persky is not resigning - he adamantly continued his election campaign and was re-elected unopposed.

By the way, the Stanford rapist case is not the first time when Persky made a decision favoring rapists.

In a civil trial alleging sexual assault by a group of De Anza College baseball players sued for allegations of gang rape, Persky derailed the case, which resulted in dismissal of the lawsuit against two of the defendants and private settlement against others, by admitting into evidence IRRELEVANT Facebook pictures of victims in revealing clothes made 6 months after assault.

It is apparent that the judge, same as in the Stanford rapist's case, sends a message that the victims were themselves to blame.  You dressed scantily - don't complain when you are gang-raped, that's the message.

Same as in the Stanford case - you went to a party and got drunk, don't be surprised that you found yourself raped behind a dumpster, and your rapist will get a rehab-length of incarceration only because a longer term will be too hard for his tender sensibilities.

Great message from a judge to the public.

And - he was just re-elected for 6 more years.

The public can expect the same kind of rulings from him in the future.

I wonder whether Persky will be removed or even disciplined for abusing his discretion in the courtroom and using it to humiliate and demean victims of sexual assault - we'll see.