06/05/2025
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"Congress wanted the guidelines to be mandatory. Congress wrote the guidelines in this case. They wanted them to be mandatory."
"I would argue in this era of exploding child pornography, they are not too lenient, at all."
"I just wanted to say, Chairman Durbin, since you mentioned Judge Pitlyk in the Klotz case, she followed the prosecutor's recommendation in that case."
"Congress wanted you to choose between 97 and 121 months; that's what Congress wanted."