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From the american rescue funds to put it towards ballots intervention work. because you are either going to pay an ott front end or youre going to pay on the back end. i sat as a judge for many years and what i saw, i said many times people came into court, they didnt have an education, they didnt have jobs, they didnt have access to mental health treatment treatment, et cetera. so we have to make those important investments in those systemic areas while also focusing on getting violent offender...

Already. the bottom line is we are not rolling over if you are being polite to her. it is living to fight another day. when you get an opportunity to nominate somebody this is what we did four years. now, try to do this for us. why pick a battle? why pick a battle that you know you are going to lose? you know what, it is a waste of time. lets get through this and move on to something else. >> jesse: we are asking politicians to turn down an opportunity -- >> greg: i agree with you. >> judge jean...

Them were guideline sentences, below guidelines or above guidelines. >> okay. i know you answered a lot of questions the last two days about sentences and sex crimes. i want to be exact about this. in this case have you ever gone above the guidelines recommendation? >> i have to take a look at -- i know that i have sentenced offenders to the guidelines in the category of sex crimes in general. i know that i have given 30-year sentences for at least one offender, almost 30 years, 29.5. ive given ...

Are not in fact pedophiles or getting -- getting satisfaction from it? >> thank you, senator, for allowing me to address what aappears to be a question that i was asking in the context of a hearing on child pornography. youve provided the entire quote, and it looks as though i was asking that of someone, not taking that position. and the position that ive taken in all of my sentencings involving child pornography offenders is to ensure that despite the attitude and view of many of the offenders ...

In the 1990s going forward were way out of whack in terms of the toughness on the people who were at the bottom end of offenders in child pornography. and i think what hawley has done is conflate all of the offenses that are under the category of sex offender and suggest that she is soft on all of that stuff and i dont think the case is there for that. i think what she was dealing with were cases at the bottom of the system and she is hardly the only judge who has had a problem with that. >> dan...

Access to the voluminous amounts of material has raised questions, has it not, within the judiciary, as to the appropriate sentencing in todays circumstances. this was a question that was raised before the sentencing commission, was it not? >> it was, senator. the sentencing commission has written at least one report, it did when i was there, looking at the operation of this guideline. as you said, the guideline was based originally on a statutory scheme and on directives, specific directives by...

Corrections. do i read that statement to think that you believe they should all be released? >> no, senator, you dont read it correctly. it was not a statement. it was a line in an opinion and the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic was really, obviously, a horrible and difficult time for all of us. >> i was there. >> and what was happening at the beginning in the prisons, which was part of the criminal justice system that as judges we were involved in -- >> i tracked it -- let me -- >> can i jus...

Law school where she said sentencing, what judges do, involves critical race theory. there was a lot of discussion about her record when it concerns sexual offenders and particular sexual offenders who targeted kids. i asked what she wrote in law school that suggested that the laws providing for civil commitment for violent sexual predators, that those laws are unconstitutional. we went through every single case that she has presided over as a district judge where the defendant was convicted of ...

Then girlfriend with a shirt and she said becker orally violated her. instead of bringing the case to trial, hawley agreed to a plea deal and resigned as office. hawley praised the outcome because becker wouldnt get to wear the badge despite becker wouldnt face jail time at all. doesnt believe that that was betrayal from democracy. paul, this guy is a complete hypocrite. a child pornography sentence found that judge ketanji brown is right in the media and main stream. 59% of offenders receive se...

In fact, pedophiles or getting satisfaction from it? >> thank you, senator for allowing me to address what appears to be a question that i was asking in the context of a heari ing on child pornography. you provided the entire quote and it looks as though i was asking that of someone. not taking that position. the position that i have taken in all of my sentencings involving child pornography offenders is to ensure that despite the attitude and view of many of the offenders who came before me whe...