{"id":1395061,"date":"2022-03-22T21:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T01:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1395061"},"modified":"2022-03-22T21:15:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T01:15:04","slug":"josh-hawley-grills-ketanji-brown-jackson-on-alleged-leniency-on-child-pornographers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/josh-hawley-grills-ketanji-brown-jackson-on-alleged-leniency-on-child-pornographers\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hawley Grills Ketanji Brown Jackson on Alleged Leniency on Child Pornographers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjosh-hawley-grills-ketanji-brown-jackson-on-alleged-leniency-on-child-pornographers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1395061&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) grilled Supreme Court Justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Tuesday about her alleged leniency toward child pornographers.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley asked Jackson, regarding her time as a federal district court judge, about giving child pornographers more lenient sentences than what the sentencing guidelines recommend.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Hawley said in one case that Jackson contended that the person being convicted of possessing child pornography was not a \u201cpedophile.\u201d He noted that Jackson only gave the child pornographer three months, far lower than what the sentencing guideline suggested.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley said, \u201cYou said to him, \u2018This is a truly difficult situation. I appreciate that your family is in the audience. I feel so sorry for them and for you, and for the anguish this has caused all of you. I feel terrible about the collateral consequences of this conviction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen. you said, \u2018Pedophiles are truly shunned in this society,&#8217;\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m just trying to figure out, Judge, is he the victim here? Or are the victims the victims?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Senator Hawley questions Judge Jackson on her lenient sentencing and apology to a sex offender. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eL66oCIRXs\">pic.twitter.com\/eL66oCIRXs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Hawley Press Office (@SenHawleyPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenHawleyPress\/status\/1506402208681799687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hawley said to Jackson,\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m just trying to figure out, Judge, is he the victim here? Or are the victims the victims?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson said the case was \u201cunusual\u201d because the defense asked for probation for the offender, and he had just graduated from high school. Jackson emphasized that she wanted to avoid \u201cunwarranted sentencing disparities.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ketanji Brown Jackson says the case was &#8220;unusual&#8221; b\/c\u2026<br \/>\u2013 Defense called for probation&#8221; <br \/>\u2013 Defendant had &#8220;just graduated from high school&#8221; <br \/>\u2013 It was &#8220;inconsistent w\/some of the other cases&#8221; how he fell into child porn<br \/>\u2013 She wanted to avoid &#8220;unwarranted sentencing disparities&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OyVzZL5vnd\">pic.twitter.com\/OyVzZL5vnd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1506388433450774534?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou describe how heinous [the crimes are], and yet here you are giving him three months and apologizing to him and saying you\u2019re sorry for the anguish it has caused him,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>During the Supreme Court nomination hearing, Jackson argued that the congressional statutes and the sentencing are not up to date.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senator Hawley outlines Judge Jackson&#8217;s sentencing leniency towards child porn offenders. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MPcIrCddiz\">pic.twitter.com\/MPcIrCddiz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Hawley Press Office (@SenHawleyPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenHawleyPress\/status\/1506022479583596548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWith all due respect\u2026I\u2019ll be direct with you. I am questioning your discretion and your judgment. That\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m doing. I\u2019m not questioning you as a person. I\u2019m not questioning your excellence as a judge, frankly. But you said it. You had discretion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><i>Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanMoran3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\"><i>@SeanMoran3<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) grilled Supreme Court Justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Tuesday about her alleged leniency toward child pornographers. 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