Hawley: In this era of exploding child pornography, they're not too lenient at all. [sentences]
Cruz suggesting Hirono/democrats have access to pre-sentencing reports regarding Jackson that republicans don't.
Democrats apparently have been hiding Jackson's pre-sentencing reports. White House provided them to democrats 'sometime today'; republicans were unaware.
Cotton: Is someone more or less likely to commit a crime if they know they will be caught, convicted, and sentenced?
Jackson avoiding the question.
"It's very difficult to answer questions in general when you're asking about things like phenomena relating to crime."
Cotton: Is 17 years [the average sentence] too long or not long enough for a prisoner to spend in prison for murder?
Jackson declined to answer.
Cotton: Should the United States strengthen or weaken sentences for child pornographers?
Jackson:That's not a simple question.
Cotton: Should the United States strengthen sentences for Fentanyl traffickers?
Jackson: That is in the province of congress. [then blathers on and on]
Cotton: Do you believe that re-sentencing years after a conviction tends to reduce sentence lengths?
Jackson: I'm not sure I understand your question.
This is amazing- Cotton is getting Jackson to give the most ridiculous answers imaginable.
Cotton: You apologized to the drug kingpin for having to follow the law. You literally said that 20 years was fair.
Quoting Jackson: "And for this I am sorry"
[trafficker w/poss of two kilos of heroin]
*was unfair