Mona Charen is just protecting one of her own. Persky is Jewish!
One of her own? Who is she protecting, the Judge?
She did say something that needed to be said.
"...the hookup culture they celebrate and defend is the greatest petri dish for enabling rape and sexual assault imaginable. It does women no favors to tell them that the way they drink is irrelevant. It may not be a crime to get blind drunk at a bar or party -- but it's reckless. "
IOW, the guy is a criminal but the girl was stupid. Both will pay, in different ways, for their actions.