The California judge who handed down a controversially lenient sentence in the now-infamous Stanford sexual assault case has been cleared of any wrongdoing.

The six-person judicial panel tasked with investigating Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky wrote in a 12-page report that Persky's sentencing of Brock Turner was within the "parameters set by law and was therefore within the judge's discretion."

Perksy garnered national backlash from lawmakers and anti-sexual assault advocates after he sentenced Turner, a Stanford swimmer, to just six months in jail and three years probation for his conviction on three counts of felony sexual assault after he raped an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. A harsher sentence, Persky said in June, would have a "severe impact" on the 20-year-old.

Turner could have received the maximum sentence of 14 years in prison, but the prosecution requested just six. Ultimately, Turner was released from jail after serving just three months of his sentence.

But the commission, an independent state agency, did not find any indication of bias in Persky's sentencing.

"The commission has concluded that there is not clear and convincing evidence of bias, abuse of authority, or other basis to conclude that Judge Persky engaged in judicial misconduct warranting discipline," the panel found.

Furthermore, the commission found: