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Disregard the number of images. that the number can be appropriate and in this case, the defendant has amassed an extremely large collection of child pornography. you disregarded that. you told the defendant. you said this. this seems to be a case where you were fascinated by sexual images involving essentially your peers. and then you went on to say, the defendant was merely trying to satisfy his curiosity. curiosity is your word. one more thing on this same idea. this is you to the defendant. you were viewing sex acts between children who were not much younger than you. and this whole discus...

What you said as early as law school. senator blumenthal was just talking about it. there you say, and i'm quoting you now. in the current climate. fear, hatred and revenge associated with the release of convicted sex criminals, courts must be especially attentive to legislative enactments regarding these sex criminals. like this act, the protect act that congress enacted. so i want to understand here. is it your view that society is too hard on sex offenders? you say they are truly shunned in society. you wrote that many of these laws are products of a climate of fear, hatred and revenge. so ...

Them in either a different way than my peers, or a different way than other cases. and i assure you that i do not. if you were to look at the greater body not only may more than 100 sentences, but also, the sentences of other judges in my district and nationwide, you would see a very similar exercise of attempting to do what it is that judges do. attempting to take into account all of the relevant factors, and do justice individually in each case. >> let's keep talking about there case. you also said to this individual who is an adult, tried as an adult. 18 years old. you also said, besides sa...

Weren't -- you were only going to give him three months. because he was not a pedophile. and then you said, and this is something i really need your help understanding. then you apologized to him. and i have to tell you, i can't quite figure this out. you said to him, this 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. and then you go on to say, sex offenders are truly shunned in our society. i'm trying to ...

Scent pornography, we're talking about gobs of hours of time here that he has. and you say to him, well, it was just a collection. he was just viewing it. essentially, they were his peers. you say to him that he's not a pedophile. i don't know how you know that. i don't know why that's relevant to the guidelines. you say he's not a pedophile. you say that you're very sorry for him and what he suffered and then you give him three months. when frankly, a liberal prosecutor is asking for two full years. it does seem like an extraordinary case to me. it would bother me no matter what. it really bo...