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Stanford trial judge handed down a four-day sentence in child abuse image case
Source: The Guardian
Stanford trial judge handed down a four-day sentence in child abuse image case
Case is yet another apparent instance of over-light sentencing
by Judge Aaron Perksy, who is facing recall campaign related
to Brock Turner sexual assault case
Sam Levin in San Francisco
Wednesday 10 August 2016 00.41 BST
The judge in the Stanford sexual assault trial is facing renewed calls for his removal over his decision to sentence a man to less than a week in jail for possessing child abuse images, an offense that typically results in much harsher consequences, records show.
Judge Aaron Persky ordered Robert James Chain, a 48-year-old northern California man who pleaded guilty to possessing child abuse images, to serve a four-day sentence in 2015. Police reports reveal that officers who searched Chain’s house found dozens of disturbing videos and images of minors, including one depicting the sexual assault of an infant.
The sentence – which resulted in Chain ultimately spending only one night in county jail – provides a sharp contrast to more than a dozen similar cases in the same county in which other judges ordered six months behind bars for defendants convicted of the same felony charge of possessing child abuse images.
According to opponents of the judge – who are running a high-profile recall campaign against him and have done extensive research on the Chain charges and parallel local cases – the relatively light sentencing echoes Persky’s questionable punishment of former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner.
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Case is yet another apparent instance of over-light sentencing
by Judge Aaron Perksy, who is facing recall campaign related
to Brock Turner sexual assault case
Sam Levin in San Francisco
Wednesday 10 August 2016 00.41 BST
The judge in the Stanford sexual assault trial is facing renewed calls for his removal over his decision to sentence a man to less than a week in jail for possessing child abuse images, an offense that typically results in much harsher consequences, records show.
Judge Aaron Persky ordered Robert James Chain, a 48-year-old northern California man who pleaded guilty to possessing child abuse images, to serve a four-day sentence in 2015. Police reports reveal that officers who searched Chain’s house found dozens of disturbing videos and images of minors, including one depicting the sexual assault of an infant.
The sentence – which resulted in Chain ultimately spending only one night in county jail – provides a sharp contrast to more than a dozen similar cases in the same county in which other judges ordered six months behind bars for defendants convicted of the same felony charge of possessing child abuse images.
According to opponents of the judge – who are running a high-profile recall campaign against him and have done extensive research on the Chain charges and parallel local cases – the relatively light sentencing echoes Persky’s questionable punishment of former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/09/stanford-trial-judge-child-abuse-image-brock-turner
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