John Grisham Apologizes for Saying Not All Men Who Watch
Child Porn Are Pedophiles
by Kelli Serio 16 Oct 2014, 12:20 PM PDT
John Grisham apologized
for statements he made to the Telegraph about
the United States court system that has apparently run rampant over the past
few decades with its harsh punishment of "white collar criminals"
charged for watching child pornography.
Grisham claimed to have "no sympathy for real
pedophiles," but approached the issue by defending curious and potentially
intoxicated 60-year-old men that reportedly wouldn't lay a finger on an
adolescent.
We have prisons now filled with guys my age — sixty-year-old
white men in prison who've never harmed anybody, would never touch a
child," he said. "But they got online one night and started surfing
around, probably had too much to drink or whatever, and pushed the wrong
buttons, went too far and got into child porn."
The novelist then went into depth about his Canadian friend
who was imprisoned for three years after he downloaded a video of teenage girls that apparently "was stupid, but
it wasn't 10-year-old boys. He didn't touch anything... We've gone nuts with this
incarceration."
Grisham issued an online apology this
morning for his statements regarding the moral structure of pedophilia.
He wrote:
Anyone who harms a child for profit or pleasure, or who in
any way participates in child pornography—online or otherwise—should be
punished to the fullest extent of the law.
My comments... were in no way intended to show sympathy for
those convicted of sex crimes, especially the sexual molestation of children. I
can think of nothing more despicable. I regret having made these comments, and
apologize to all.
John
Grisham
John Grisham is a
director at the Innocence Project.
Note:
Eric S. Lander
is a director at the Innocence Project,
and was a member of the President's
Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
Penny S. Pritzker
was a member of the President's Council on Jobs and
Competitiveness, the national finance chair, fundraiser for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign,
a co-chair for the 2009 Barack Obama
inaugural committee, a fundraiser, national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign,
a contributor for the 2013 Barack Obama
inaugural committee, the host for the Barack
Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, and Craig M. Robinson’s basketball coach for the children's team, is the
secretary at the U.S. Department of
Commerce for the Barack Obama administration, and a
member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Michelle Obama is
Craig M. Robinson’s sister, and was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and
the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an
intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Faith Elizabeth
Gay was an attorney at Sidley Austin
LLP, and is a director at the American
Constitution Society.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the American Constitution Society, the Center for American Progress, and the Drug Policy Alliance.
George Soros is the
founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations, a director at the
Drug Policy Alliance, was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and
a supporter for the Center for American
Progress.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Center for American Progress, the Brookings Institution (think tank),
and the Children's Defense Fund.
Janet Reno is a board
of adviser’s member for the American
Constitution Society, a director at the Innocence Project, and was the attorney general at the U.S.
Department of Justice.
Eric H. Holder Jr.
was a board member for the American Constitution Society, an intern at
the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and is the attorney
general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama
administration.
Bonnie Steingart
is a director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and was
a director at the Innocence Project.
Raben Group is
the lobby firm for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and
the Innocence Project.
Robert Raben is
the president of the Raben Group, was a director at the American
Constitution Society, and an assistant attorney general for the U.S.
Department of Justice.
Melody C. Barnes
was a principal for the Raben Group, the EVP for the Center for
American Progress, the domestic policy council, director for the Barack
Obama administration, and is Barack Obama’s golf partner.
Jason Flom is a
director at the Innocence Project, and a director at the Drug Policy
Alliance.
John Grisham is a
director at the Innocence Project.
Paul R. Verkuil was
a director at the Innocence Project, and is married to Judith Rodin.
Judith Rodin is
married to Paul R. Verkuil, and was an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Saban
Center for Middle East Policy is a policy center at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Haim Saban is a
benefactor at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and married to Cheryl Saban.
Cheryl Saban is
married to Haim Saban, the founder
of 50 Ways to Save Our Children,
a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation,
and a director at Girls Inc.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the American Constitution Society.
Janet Reno is a board
of adviser’s member for the American
Constitution Society, a director at the
Innocence Project, and was the attorney general at the U.S.
Department of Justice.
John Grisham is a
director at the Innocence Project.
Judith N.
Vredenburgh is the president & CEO for Girls Inc., was the president & CEO for the Big
Brothers Big Sisters of America, and a director at the Independent
Sector.
Wendy D. Puriefoy
is a director at the Independent Sector,
and a director at the Children's Defense
Fund.
Barry D. Gaberman
was a director at the Independent Sector,
and is a director at Oxfam America.
Steven Reiss is a
director at Oxfam America, and a
director at the Innocence Project.
John Grisham is a
director at the Innocence Project.
No comments:
Post a Comment