Judiciary Code Of Ethics: The Judge Persky Case

In the Judiciary Code of Ethics Canon 2, the preamble of ethics implicitly states to promote the public confidence, “a judge shall avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety in all of the judges’ activities.” Meaning a judge should exercise the right to always present themselves with class when implicitly or explicitly making a statement or action whether public or non-public. In Judge Persky case with Turner, the ruling of the sentence seems to contradict with Judge Persky specialty and belief, which is to prosecute criminals that commits sexual crimes, one such as rape. Even though Judge Persky didn’t violate any law, he used discretion to convict Turner to a lenient sentence of six months.
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