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Judge under fire for showing leniency to suspected teen rapist from "a good family"

A New Jersey judge faces calls for his removal amid nationwide outrage over the way he handled a rape case. The alleged assault was captured on cell phone video. But the judge declined prosecutors' request to charge the 16-year-old suspect as an adult, in part because he said the teenager came "from a good family." Meg Oliver reports.
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