When a Santa Clara County judge sentenced Brock Turner, a Stanford swimmer, to six months in jail for three felony counts of sexual assault, public outrage led to a successful “grass-roots” movement to remove the judge for sentencing Turner too leniently. The Santa Clara County District Attorney voiced concern that the problem was “not the judge but the law.” One observer commented that the judge’s recall will make the “politics of punishment” worse.

a. Do you understand these concerns? Explain. 

b. When should a judge be recalled? Explain.