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Ted Cruz: “In United States versus Stewart, the prosecutor asked for 97…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Ted Cruz asks Ketanji Brown Jackson about critical race theory

Published | Video Starts at 29:44

That was an 88% reduction. In United States versus Savage, the prosecutor asked for 49 months, you imposed 37. 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. (29:44–29:54)

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Asserts that in the Stewart case, the sentence was reduced by 41% from the prosecutor's request.

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