Judge Jackson Denies GOP Charges of Being Soft on Child Porn Possession

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during her second day of confirmation hearings in the Senate denied charges that she was too lenient on child porn offenders. The charge was first leveled against Jackson by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) in a March 16 Twitter thread. “I’ve been researching the record of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, reading her opinions, articles, interviews, and speeches,” Hawley wrote. “I’ve noticed an alarming pattern when it comes to Judge Jackson’s treatment of sex offenders, especially those preying on children.” Prior to becoming a federal appellate judge, Jackson served on the U.S. Sentencing Commission, a group created in 1984 for the stated purpose of “reduc[ing] sentencing disparities and promot[ing] transparency and proportionality in sentencing.”* “As a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Jackson advocated for drastic change in how the law treats sex offenders by eliminating the existing mandatory minimum sentences for child porn,” Hawley wrote on Twitter. …

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