and feminism to me means i am aware of and care about issues that impact women. persky recall celebrated as a win for girls and women. it was no such thing. when i found out who the judge was, aaron persky, i began reading transcripts, the probation report, and that s when i said, wait a minute, put the brakes on here. the community, the public, the media is being misled. and those of us who know this need to speak out. (light piano music) - i m jeff rosen, the district attorney of santa clara county. my office prosecutes sexual assault. - i ve sentenced people convicted of sexual assault. - [da rosen] vote no recall of judge persky. - judge persky s bias is a threat to the rule of law. - the idea of racial bias.
- [reporter] frustrated prosecutors say this isn t justice. - i had hoped for more time. we fought for more time. the victim deserved more time. (somber music) i felt that i had failed chanel. i disagreed with the sentence. and i told judge persky that. a lot of the campus sexual assault cases had been boiling over and may have not gone the way that the public wanted. so a lot of people were surprised that i opposed the recall. - i thought the recall was wrong. i can very strongly support women s rights and work vigorously to uphold the dignity of women, and i can support the independence of judges. the judge in this case had the legal right to make the decision that he made. i think that it was the wrong decision, but the law allowed him to make that decision. what if that judge is deciding whether these abortion regulations are lawful?
the sentence that was given by judge persky would have been different had the defendan been of color, for example, take issue with that because what the judge did is what w want every judge to do and that is to give a carefu consideration to the individua who was before that judge. and that is exactly what judge persky did and that is what we want i think we all want to a syste where a judge give individualized attention t that particular person, to the victim, and to the circumstances of the crime and that is not what the recal ended up doing the recall ended up saying w really have a problem that the judge gave individualize approach and attention to mr turner no instead, they want to just throw the book at him and be more punitive. and mind you, that is not what