Can we get tough on rapists without being “tough on crime”?

Explain It to Me

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News, Education, Society & Culture, Politics

4.4 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Sarah, Dara and Matt talk about the recent recall of Judge Aaron Persky, the California judge who sentenced former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner to six months when he was convicted of sexual assault in 2016. References and further reading: Julia Ioffe's piece on the Stanford professor who led the charge against Persky AP reporting on Persky's record as a judge Rachel Marshall's Vox.com piece on why the recall isn't a progressive victory John Pfaff Twitter thread on how elections impact judicial behavior German Lopez's piece on incarceration rates from 1985-2010 Laura McGann's piece on men in #metoo exile Wesley Lowery's piece on widespread unsolved murders in major American cities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I don't know. I feel like this baby's never gonna show up.
0:02.0	So I'll come podcast on Tuesday if I can.
0:04.2	Don't. No.
0:05.2	Are you doing this?
0:06.2	Are you doing this?
0:07.2	Are you doing this to induce the baby?
0:09.2	Yes.
0:23.2	Hello. Welcome to another episode of the Weets on the Box Media Podcast Network.
0:27.2	I'm Maddie Glacias.
0:28.4	I'm back here with Darlin, Sarah Cliff, who threatened to have baby on us and not show up today.
0:34.6	Still here.
0:35.6	Unfortunately.
0:37.6	We did not sadly pick today's episode for ultimate drama if Sarah had a wedging deliver in the middle of the episode.
0:44.8	I think that'd be drama enough.
0:46.4	Yeah, fair enough.
0:47.4	We're ready. We're ready to move on without you.
0:49.4	But we're ready.
0:50.4	I am also, I share this feeling.
0:53.4	Tuesday, there were a lot of elections, primaries in New Jersey, South Dakota, California, big state.
1:00.4	A lot of important stuff for the midterms happened.
1:03.4	But there was also a vote that was not that important for the midterms.
1:06.4	But it's interesting and gets us into some interesting terrain.
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