somber music [reporter 1] 20 year old swimming Star Brock Turner [reporter 2] the 19 year old former high school allamerican swimmer [reporter 3] the star swimmer at Stanford University [reporter 4] contender for the olympics [reporter 5] raping an unconscious woman [reporter 6] intoxicated and unconscious woman [reporter 7] passed out behind a dumpster [reporter 8] drunk behind a Stanford Dumpster somber music [chanel miller] your honor, if it is all right, i would like to address the defendant directly. You dont know me, but youve been inside me and thats why were here today. The victim made headlines by Releasing A Heart Wrenching letter detailing the rape and its aftermath. [reporter] its gotten over 15 million views on buzzfeed alone. You dont know me, but youve been inside me. And thats why were here today. I was found unconscious with my hair disheveled, long necklace wrapped around my neck. My bare skin and head had been rubbing against the ground behind a dumpster while an ere
- people widely recognize that women who have been victimized by men have not received justice. - people have just had enough. they ve had enough of women being marginalized. - [reporter] the numbers are in. 62% of the voters recalling judge persky. - [reporter] persky is the first california judge recalled since 1932 and what was also viewed as one of the first electoral tests of the #metoo movement. - when a fire is started, and i think of this the anger over this case, as a kind of fire, a lot of things are gonna get burned. (somber music) - before i became district attorney, i was a deputy district attorney for 15 years. one of the concepts within justice is holding someone accountable for what they have done.
me too movement. welcome back i am ari melbourne and i m melissa murray special presentation of this new documentary, the recal refrain. we are examining the re-call o the california judge who cam out of fire after brock turner that lenien sentence the documentary explore som of the recalls unintende consequences, and the wide issues at play at the criminal justice system now, as part of our msnbc special here together, we ar going to bring into filmmakers rebecca richmond cohen and reb again. thank you. what is important to understan about what we just saw we made this film because w wanted to change the conversation we felt like mainstream eta ha really dropped the ball. the important things t consider, and activists, publi defenders, lawyers, scholars a the time said, if you recall a judge who has a fairly lenient