A US judge who was widely criticised for his leniency towards a campus sex attacker has been removed from office by voters.
Judge Aaron Persky handed Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner a six‑month sentence in June 2016.
But county judges in California are elected, and if a petition to remove gets enough signatures a vote will be held.
Such elections are rare ‑ the last time a US judge was recalled was in 1977.
[Source: bbc.com]
