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In a tense exchange, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., accused Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson of not meting out harsher punishment in her sentencing decisions in child pornography cases. Graham, who continually interrupted Jackson in his line of questioning, said the nominee failed to move forward with sentencing “enhancements” that would make defendants’ jail time longer. Jackson rejected the senator’s accusations, saying she followed the sentencing process that Congress had laid out. “Senator, every person in all of these charts and documents I sent to jail, because I know how serious this crime is,” Jackson said. “Every person I discussed the harm of these terrible, terrible images to the victims who are portrayed in them. I talked about what this crime does to the children who are being abused in these photos.” She added: “And on the other side of their terms of imprisonment, I ensured that they were facing lengthy periods of supervision and restrictions on their computer use, so they could not do this sort of thing again.