Unlikely as it is the judge who is responsible for virtually all of the outcry here. If anything should be considered “not cool” it is the specifics of the sentence and especially and particularly the way the sentence was communicated.
I do wonder if a judge who is a male ex-Stanford athlete should recuse himself from a case involving a male Stanford athlete.
Fuck that.
Where’s the book?
Please throw it at him…
If that would influence his decision, he has no business being a judge full-stop.
That isn’t the problem. He’s in Santa Clara County and he went to Boalt. Odds are he’s going to see people who went to either place. And if not him, other judges from the area went to either Berkeley or Stanford.
No, the problem is he is sworn to do his duty, which I didn’t see happening in this case.
What? You’re seriously blaming the victim? For being raped?
You’re kidding, right?
Let’s see how long you get to exercise it here, though.
I doubt that you’re sorry. But by all means, continue. And if you’re actually interested in the suffering of the victim you could always read the letter she wrote.
Well, I have a conscience. So, no, I’d feel pretty shitty if your house was burglarized because you forgot to lock up.
But you’re equating sexual assault with burglary? Hmm. That’s all I need to know. 
edited to fix third sentence (just…grrr)
So you care more for someone who is a convicted rapist than the person he raped, just because she got drunk at a party? Man, your priorities sure don’t match mine.
Okay. Do you have a finite amount of empathy. Got it.
As someone who has passed out once, I’m glad I didn’t have people around who thought, “Meh. There are other things happening in my life that are so much worse. In the scheme of things, my friend should really learn her lesson.”
So her experience is just rhetoric?
I mean the letter that was linked to in the story, and also in this thread, that you evidently haven’t read. Your insistence on other people telling you about her TANGIBLE suffering is pretty creepy, frankly, so I’m not going to give you the link. If you really want all the details you can find it yourself.
There’s something I’ve been told once that I’d gladly have lived without, it’s "Thank you for not raping her."
Somehow, thinking about it still makes me feel uneasy, months after. Perhaps because I’d prefer to live in a world where it would be an absurd thing to be praised for.
I think he will not be a danger to others.
I honestly don’t understand this. Was the judge not aware of what happened?
Paraphrasing chris rock:
‘It’s what I’m supposed ta do mothafucka! What do you expect, me to ask for a cookie?!’
It saddens me that I could get busted for pot and probably get more time than this guy as a minamum.
