Alleging Conflicts, California Judge Boots Jewish DA From Trying Stanford Pro-Palestinian Protesters

Alleging conflicts, California judge boots Jewish DA from trying Stanford pro-Palestinian protesters

This story originally appeared in J. The Jewish News of Northern California. Jewish groups in the Bay Area are protesting a judge’s removal of a local Jewish district attorney from a case involving pro-Palestinian protesters accused of vandalizing Stanford University’s president’s office. The district attorney, Jeff Rosen, was disqualified from retrying a felony case against five protesters after the judge ruled that Rosen had crossed a legal li…

California judge rules Jewish prosecutor must step aside from anti-Israel protester case

A judge in Santa Clara County ordered a Jewish prosecutor to recuse himself from a case against anti-Israel student protesters at Stanford University after the prosecutor described the incident as antisemitic in campaign literature. District Attorney Jeff Rosen “is allowed to take a strong stance against crime in the community, against antisemitism. But caution and care need to be taken when utilizing active litigation in campaign communication,…

California: Judge bars Jewish DA from prosecuting 'death to Israel' vandals

Judge Kelley Paul claimed that DA Jeff Rosen should not have called the occupation of the university president's office and vandalism 'antisemitic' and ordered him off the case.