WEDNESDAY 11AM: Outside the California Commission on Judicial Performance Meeting, Survivors of Sexual Assault Speak Out Against Judge Persky

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Wednesday, June 29, 2016

CONTACT: Anna Zuccaro | 914-523-9145 | anna@unbendablemedia.com

WEDNESDAY 11AM: Outside the California Commission on Judicial Performance Meeting, Survivors of Sexual Assault Speak Out Against Judge Persky

Activists from UltraViolet Deliver 1.2 Million Signatures Calling for Removal of Judge Persky from the Bench

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — On Wednesday, June 29th – as the California Commission on Judicial Performance meets for the first time since Judge Aaron Persky’s sentencing decision in the Brock Turner case – members of UltraViolet, joined by survivors of sexual assault and Bay Area residents will rally outside the Commission’s headquarters calling for the removal of Judge Persky from the bench.  

Outside the Commission meeting, nearly a dozen survivors of sexual assault will share their stories explaining why Judge Persky undermines public faith in the judicial system and why he is unfit to provide justice for rape survivors. UltraViolet will also deliver a petition with more than 1.2 million signatures to the California Commission on Judicial Performance calling for Persky’s removal.

WHEN: Wednesday, June 29th. 11:00am PT

WHERE: California Commission on Judicial Performance. 455 Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco, CA

WHAT: Survivors of sexual assault share their stories; UltraViolet delivers 1.2 million signatures to the Commission calling for Judge Persky to be removed from the bench.

Earlier this week, The Guardian reported on Judge Aaron Persky’s apparent bias on the bench, citing how Persky will soon hand down a three-year prison sentence to El Salvador immigrant Raul Ramirez, who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman earlier this year. Ramirez’s sentence is nearly six times as long as the sentence received by rapist Brock Turner, who Judge Persky sentenced to only six months in prison following his conviction. Ramirez, like Turner, had no prior offenses.

Since news of Judge Persky’s verdict in the Brock Turner case broke, UltraViolet has:

**Members of UltraViolet will be on-the-ground at the California Commission on Judicial Performance meeting. For more information, or to connect with an UltraViolet spokesperson in the Bay Area, please contact Brett Abrams at 516-841-1105 or by email at brett@unbendablemedia.com.

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