July 24, 2018 Court Today Hears Arguments for Brock Turner’s Appeal of 2016 Sexual Assault Conviction By Silicon Valley Newsroom Brock Turner’s lawyer is set to appear in court today to appeal the former Stanford University swimmer’s 2016 sexual assault conviction. Read More 8
June 6, 2018 Voters Recall Judge Persky, Replacing Him With Veteran Prosecutor Cindy Hendrickson By The Fly Voters on Tuesday ousted Judge Aaron Persky, ending what’s being called the highest-profile political campaign ever in Santa Clara County. Read More 12
June 4, 2018 Op-Ed: Vote ‘Yes’ to Recall Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky By Laura Burns Judge Aaron Persky has privileged the rights of male perpetrators rather than protecting the rights of female victims. Read More 3
May 29, 2018 Op-Ed: Recall Persky to Stand Up for Victims of Sexual Assault By Michele Dauber Santa Clara County voters deserves judges who take sexual violence seriously and who are not biased in favor of privileged perpetrators. Read More 33
May 29, 2018 Op-Ed: Campaign to Recall Judge Persky Resorts to Inflammatory Rhetoric, Misleading Tactics By Sajid Khan As the June 5 election approaches and the inflammatory, incomplete information continues to proliferate, says public defender Sajid Khan. Read More 36
April 19, 2018 Michele Dauber Pulls Out of Persky Recall Debate, Sends Colleague to Face LaDoris Cordell By San Jose Inside Spokespeople from both sides of the debate faced off Wednesday in the first public forum on the Recall Persky campaign. Read More 15
March 21, 2018 Campaign to Recall Judge in Stanford Sexual Assault Case Morphs into a Culture War By Lauren Hepler The #MeToo ethos fuels the effort to oust Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky from the bench in an unprecedented recall election. Read More 107
July 26, 2017 Public Defenders’ Podcast Prods New Dialogue on Criminal Justice By Tori Truscheit Two county public defenders recently launched the “Aider & Abettor” podcast to help change the criminal justice narrative. Read More 18
January 3, 2017 From Guns to Granny Units: A Look at New State Laws in 2017 By Silicon Valley Newsroom The New Year brought with it 898 new laws, including measures on gun control, cyberbullying, driving and employment. Read More 2
December 28, 2016 2016 Year in Review: A Look at the Lamest 12 Months Ever By Silicon Valley Newsroom Maybe we can start this over again? Or return it like a holiday present we didn’t need? Yes, 2016 was the gift that kept on giving. Read More 5
November 18, 2016 One Voice: Summit on Sexual Assault Creates Important Conversation on College Rape By Taylor Jones An event to combat sexual assaults on college campuses featured District Attorney Jeff Rosen, Congresswoman Jackie Speier and actress Sharon Stone. Read More 24
October 4, 2016 California Enacts New Law Prompted by Brock Turner Case By Jennifer Wadsworth A new law spurred by the Brock Turner case mandates state prison time for those convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious victim. Read More 17
September 2, 2016 Protest Held at Jail after Release of Stanford Rapist Brock Turner By Jennifer Wadsworth Brock Turner walked out of jail after three months of incarceration for sexually assaulting a woman last year after a campus party. Read More 13
August 29, 2016 DA Jeff Rosen Reports Back on His 2015 Tour of German Prisons By Jennifer Wadsworth District Attorney Jeff Rosen will deliver a presentation about his 2015 tour of German prisons, which are considered a model of progressivism. Read More 7
June 24, 2016 Op-Ed: In Defense of Brock Turner’s ‘Lenient’ Sentence By Sajid A. Khan The culture of mass incarceration has warped our psyches into thinking that long prison terms are the answer to crimes like sexual assault. They're not. Read More 42
June 15, 2016 Stanford Rape Case Raises Vital Questions of Justice, Consent By Jennifer Wadsworth Stanford students hope to foster a nuanced dialogue about justice and sexual consent in the wake of Brock Turner's controversial sentencing. Read More 51