The Stanford Rapist's Judge Just Gave Three Years To A Latino Man For The Same Crime
Like Turner, Raul Ramirez had no criminal record before he was convicted. Both women were assaulted in a similar manner, but unlike Turner, Ramirez admitted to the assault and told responding officers that he "knew what he did was wrong and he wanted to say sorry." When two students caught Turner on top of the unconscious woman he made a run for it, and when questioned by police, claimed it was consensual.
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They say that while Ramirez got the sentence he deserves, Persky could have negotiated a lesser sentence for Ramirez, as he did with Turner. They point out that Persky could have approved or helped negotiate a plea in which Ramirez was only guilty of one lesser charge, assault with intent to commit rape, and dropped the rape charges, as was the case with Turner.
Michele Landis Dauber, a Stanford professor leading a campaign to get Persky removed, said that this is further proof that the judge needs to go. He added that the vast differences in how Persky treated two very similar cases "shows that Turner got consideration not available to other defendants who aren’t as privileged."
Cross said that this is a fundamental problem with the court system. He argues that privileged defendants with private attorneys can articulate ways in which a prison sentence would have a severe impact on them and generally get lesser sentences than working class people who rely on public defenders.
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