In reality, the portion of her record that Hawley has highlighted is pedestrian. I am not going to rehash the column. Let’s just look at the cases Hawley cites. There is so little rain here for all the big wind, it’s hard to believe this is an issue. To grasp this, it’s important to know a bit about how federal sentencing works.....
In conclusion, the cases Senator Hawley cites do not show that Judge Jackson is an unusually soft sentencer in child-porn cases, much less that she is indulgent of “sex offenders” who “prey on children.” She is certainly not a harsh sentencer. The terms she has meted out, though, are compliant with the law and usually equal or exceed the sentencing recommendations of the court’s probation department.