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The New Jersey judge who urged leniency for a teenage boy accused of sexual assault because the boy came from a “good family” has faced death threats in recent days as fierce public backlash mounts.

Officials are calling for his resignation, petitions are circulating that demand he be disbarred, a protest has been scheduled for later this week and threats of violence are pouring in — including the threat of rape, according to people who have spoken to the judge, James Troiano.

Judge Troiano’s comments led to a nationwide outcry and were seen as proof that the legal system had different rules for the privileged. The case has quickly eclipsed the judge’s nearly three-decade career on the bench.

The decision concerned a 2017 case in which prosecutors said a visibly intoxicated 16-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a drunken 16-year-old boy who recorded the act, and sent the video to his friends, along with a text that said, “When your first time is rape.”