Police, firetrucks and a hazmat team swarmed Stanford Law School on Valentine’s Day after Prof. Michele Dauber received an envelope containing a menacing letter—along with white powder. Although it turned out to be harmless, the episode was unsettling. Politics don’t usually get this ugly in wealthy Santa Clara County, Calif.Ms. Dauber is leading a recall campaign against Judge Aaron Persky, who presided over the 2016 trial of Brock Turner. Mr. Turner, a Stanford swimmer, was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 23, 2018 23:15 UTC