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Hawley: KBJ ‘thinks the criminal justice system is too hard on criminals’

By Heather Hamilton
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Hawley: KBJ ‘thinks the criminal justice system is too hard on criminals’


Sen. Josh Hawley said he cannot support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation to the Supreme Court because “when it comes to crime and crimes against children, this is somebody who apologizes to the criminals.”

Hawley, a Missouri Republican, appeared on Fox News’s Hannity Wednesday, saying her lenient sentences in child sex offender cases go against what families want.

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