Common Pleas Court Judge Rayford Means excused himself from the resentencing of former Penn professor Tracy McIntosh, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Friday.
McIntosh, who pled no contest to charges relating to a 2002 sexual assault, was originally sentenced by Means to only 11 1/2 to 23 months of house arrest, partly due to McIntosh's societal value as a neurobiology researcher.
Following harsh criticism, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacated Means' sentence in November and denied McIntosh's appeals.
A hearing was set for Friday, when Common Pleas court Judge Pamela Pryor Dembe will schedule a resentencing with a new judge.
Prosecutors have said they will ask for at least 5 1/2 years in prison.
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