Regrettably, the judicial nomination and selection process is for all intents and purposes controlled by the state's legal community. As such, you can reject the existing crop of judges only to find them replaced by liberal clones selected by  the same group that gave you this bunch in the first place. This is one reason why the courts don't work. 

One solution is to enact a three strikes law that will reduce or eliminate the judges' sentencing discretion. A three strkes law is a blunt instrument but the current criminal justice system doesn't work.  In this case as in two others last week,  the defendent has a long criminal career and he should never have been released in the first place.