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LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman is backing a campaign to recall the judge in Brock Turner’s case

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LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman is committing $25,000 to a Crowdpac campaign to recall the judge in the Brock Turner rape case.

Judge Aaron Persky is responsible for handing down what many have criticized as a too-lenient punishment for the former Stanford swimmer.

Turner was released from jail on Friday after serving 92 days of his six-month sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in 2015.

“This woefully unjust sentence sends a powerful message about how our culture systematically discounts and excuses sexual violence against women,” Hoffman, a Stanford graduate, wrote in a blog post about his donation. “To counteract that read more >>>

Source:: BusinessInsider.Com