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Ted Cruz: “Every single case, 100% of them. When prosecutors came…”

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Ted Cruz asks Ketanji Brown Jackson about critical race theory

Published | Video Starts at 29:54

That was a 24% reduction. In United States versus Stewart, the prosecutor asked for 97 months. You imposed 57. That was a 41% reduction. Every single case, 100% of them. When prosecutors came before you with child pornography cases, you sentenced the defenders to substantially below, not just the guidelines, which are way higher, but what the prosecutor asked for. On average, of these cases, 47.2% less. Now, you said you made sure the voice of the children was heard. (29:54–30:10)

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Asserts that in 100% of child pornography cases, sentences were below prosecutor requests.

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