The issue of whether the judge should keep his position or be removed was debated after the public become aware of his sentence. It is believed that the judge shouldn’t lose his job after one unfair decision. In an article written by Paul Butler, a law professor and former prosecutor called “Judicial Recall Will Inevitably Lead to Harsher Sentences” he brings up a point that if Persky’s records reflect a pattern of unfairness, then he should be removed from the bench. However, if the judge had simply made a bad decision on the case, then a recall is unnecessary. A judge should consider about how popular their decision is to the public because “[t]his would inevitably lead to harsher punishment because, politically, it’s always safer for a judge
