California Judge In Controversial Brock Turner Case Faces Rare Recall Vote

Voters in Northern California will cast ballots Tuesday on whether or not to recall Judge Aaron Persky, who gave what critics consider a too-lenient sentence to a Stanford University swimmer, Brock Turner, who was found guilty of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.

Persky is the first judge in more than 80 years to face a recall vote. Women are leading both the effort to recall the judge and the campaign against the recall.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with Margaret Russell, a law professor at Santa Clara University who is opposing the recall.