Pressure to sack Stanford sexual assault judge grows

The BBC has an article about the Stanford rapist and the judge:

More than a million people have signed a petition calling for the judge in the controversial Stanford University sexual assault case to be sacked.
Judge Aaron Persky (photo) has been heavily criticized for giving student Brock Turner six months in jail for raping an unconscious woman last year. Two other petitions have reached 115,000 and 175,000 signatures each. The petitions have no legal force, but organizers hope they will increase pressure on politicians to act.
Persky, a Superior Court judge in Santa Clara County, California, has reportedly received death threats in the wake of the case. The sentence he handed down to Turner has been widely criticized as too lenient. Prosecutors had called for six years.
Turner was seen by two other students sexually assaulting his victim, now 23, behind an Dumpster. He tried to flee the scene, but was caught and admitted to the assault in court.
Rights activists and members of the general public have accused Persky of being influenced by Turner's upbringing in a wealthy, white family, and his achievements as a college swimmer.
The petition, posted on Change.org, says that Persky had "failed to send the message that sexual assault is against the law regardless of social class, race, gender or other factors".
The judge said in his remarks that he was concerned about the "severe impact" a longer sentence would have on Turner's life.
Turner's father was also criticized after issuing a statement to the court saying his son was paying a steep price for only "twenty minutes of action".
Turner, who was a promising swimmer expected to compete for the US at the Olympic level, has been banned for life by USA Swimming, the governing body for professional swimming in the US.
The victim, who has not been named by the press, read an impact statement in court which was later read by millions. Vice President Joe Biden, who is involved in a campaign against campus assaults, wrote her an open letter praising her for her courage and saying he was "filled with furious anger" at the course of events.
The cast of the television show Girls have also made a video backing the woman and other victims of sexual assault.

Rico says is it just him, or does Persky look like the kid you used to beat up in school?