I'm not going to get into this too far because I have no facts beyond what has been reported, as well as the always reliable Wiki report. I paste here the actual charges and convictions as opposed to the less reliable newspapers who call every type of sexual misconduct "rape." Wiki:
...the two formal charges of rape under California state law were dropped at the preliminary hearing. Turner was convicted of three other counts of felony sexual assault.***On March 30, 2016, Turner was found guilty of three felonies: assault with intent to rape an intoxicated woman, sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object and sexually penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object.
These are certainly sex crimes, but they are not traditional rape. In fact, in states where the difference between felony and misdemeanor is defined by the length of the sentence and the location of imprisonment, (misdemeanor: less than a year in county jail; felony: more than a year in state prison) this sentence could be interpreted to mean that the judge thought these were all misdemeanors (or an equivalent) and that they were all one transaction. California law is a bit different from that, but the point may be that these crimes were not found to be as heinous as the prosecution deemed. Note that the DA withdrew two counts of actual, traditional rape. I think we can all ask "why?" He cited insufficient evidence--a common problem.
So Turner was never convicted of the felony of rape. If that is so, then any rush to recall the judge as recounted elsewhere is unwarranted. Let the DA appeal. Maybe the appellate court will agree that the crime deserves a greater degree of punishment.
I'm not going to get into the nuances of the crimes Turner was convicted of, but I am linking to a California criminal defense law firm (composed of women and with whom I am not associated) which specializes in sex crimes. The link is mainly an ad for their services, but it nonetheless provides an overview of the field that this sentencing falls into.
www.lacriminaldefensepartners.com/…
We still don't have the details of what the foreign object(s) were. We do know that an attempt to rape took place, but must not have succeeded. We know the victim was passed out and unable to consent, but we don't know if the she suffered any injury beyond the obvious. If there was no such injury, then a misdemeanor-type analysis is likely reasonable.
Turner is still a bad guy.