LET'S GO BACK TO YOUR FAVORITE TOPIC OF THIS YEAR, THE CRIMINAL LAW CASES YOU HAD AS A DISTRICT JUDGE, PARTICULARLY THE CASES INVOLVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. YOUR DEMOCRATS ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE -- DEFENDERS ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE SUGGESTING THE CRITICISM RIGHT HAS BEEN CHERRY PICKED, THAT IT IS ONLY SOME SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. I WILL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE TO DISCUSS EACH -- OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS EACH AND EVERY CASE YOU HAVE HAD. I HAVE EXAMINED ALL OF THE CHILD ORPORN CASES YOU HAVE HAD AS A DISTRICT JUDGE. THERE IS A CONSISTENT PATTERN. I AM EXCLUDING THE CASES, SO, SENATOR DURBIN AND SENATOR KUNZ FOCUSED ON THE NICKERSON CASE, THE FIVE CASE, AND THE HILLY CASE. I AM EXCLUDING THOSE BECAUSE THOSE ARE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD, MARKEDLY DIFFERENT. I WILL CONCEDE WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT YOU HAVE BEEN WILLING TO IMPOSE STRICTER PENALTIES. LET'S FOCUS ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASES. LET'S GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM. IF IT IS RIGHT AND THAT WE ARE CHERRY PICKING YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY POWERFULLY. YOUR JUSTIFICATION AS YOU ARE FOLLOWING THE STATUTE. AS YOU KNOW, 18 USC SECTION 3553 LAYS OUT THE FACTORS THAT AS A DISTRICT JUDGE YOU HAD TO CONSIDER IN SENTENCING. LET'S START WITH THE HESS CASE. UNITED STATES VERSUS HAS. IN THAT CASE A MAN SENT SIX PICTURES OF A PREPUBESCENT GIRL HE CLAIMED WAS HIS DAUGHTER TO AN UNDERCOVER LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. OFFICERS FOUND OVER 600 IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY INCLUDING IMAGES OF SEXUAL ACTS PERFORMED ON PREPUBESCENT CHILDREN. THE DEFENDANT PLED GUILTY. I BELIEVE IN ALL OF THESE CASES THE DEFENDANT PLED GUILTY. THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT GUILT. THEY PLED GUILTY IN HER COURTROOM. THE CHARGE CARRIED A MAN TO -- MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCE OF FIVE YEARS AND A MANDATORY MAXIMUM OF 20 YEARS. THE SENTENCING GUIDELINES RECOMMENDED 151 TO 188 MONTHS. THE GOVERNMENT AS PART OF A PLEA DEAL AGREED TO ARGUE FOR 60 MONTHS, SIMPLY THAT THEY WOULD ADVOCATE IT. AND YOU SENTENCED HESS TO 60 MONTHS. UNDER THE TERMS OF THE STATUTE, WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO SENTENCED HESS TO THE ABSOLUTE LOWEST POSSIBLE SENTENCE YOU ARE ALLOWED SENTENCE UNDER LAW?