
Stanford Sex Attack: Judge Removed From Office
A US judge who was widely criticised for his leniency towards a campus sex attacker has been removed from office by voters.
A US judge who was widely criticised for his leniency towards a student sex attacker, has been removed from office by local voters. It's the first time in more than eighty years that a Californian judge has been removed from office in this way.
Also in the programme: the latest on the rescue operation after the volcanic eruption in Guatemala, and why have Argentina called off a friendly match against the Israeli national football team?
Picture: a plane flies over Stanford University with a banner reading 'Protect Survivors. Not Rapists. #PerskyMustGo'. Credit: Getty Images.
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