A flood of letters from admirers of former National Public Radio editor and convicted sex offender David Malakoff have poured into a D.C. federal court on behalf of the award-winning journalist, saying his rape as a child should earn him leniency.

Malakoff, 46, faces more than eight years in prison on a felony child pornography possession charge. He is set to be sentenced Thursday.

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