John Grisham is in full backpedal mode ...
apologizing for saying some people who browse
child porn on the Internet are NOT pedophiles and
should NOT get lengthy prison sentences.The
famed author did an interview with The Telegraph in
the U.K. where he groused that prisons are filled
with guys who clicked on child porn one night while
drinking and that's it ... no harm to any child, yet
they get a 10-year prison sentence. He says they
should do time, but 10 years is absurd.Grisham said
he knew a guy who got 3 years in prison because
he clicked on a website that was labeled "16-year-
old wannabe hookers," adding they looked 30. He
acknowledged his friend shouldn't have done it, "but
it wasn't 10-year-old boys and he didn't touch
anything."But now he says his comments "were in
no way intended to show sympathy for those
convicted of sex crimes, especially the sexual
molestation of children." He says anyone who
"participates in child pornography should be
punished to the fullest extent of the law."Here's the
thing ... it sounds like the point Grisham was trying
to make is that 10-year prison sentences for
surfing a child porn site are ridiculous. He thinks
they should be punished, but 10 years ... way too
much. Credit:TMZ
apologizing for saying some people who browse
child porn on the Internet are NOT pedophiles and
should NOT get lengthy prison sentences.The
famed author did an interview with The Telegraph in
the U.K. where he groused that prisons are filled
with guys who clicked on child porn one night while
drinking and that's it ... no harm to any child, yet
they get a 10-year prison sentence. He says they
should do time, but 10 years is absurd.Grisham said
he knew a guy who got 3 years in prison because
he clicked on a website that was labeled "16-year-
old wannabe hookers," adding they looked 30. He
acknowledged his friend shouldn't have done it, "but
it wasn't 10-year-old boys and he didn't touch
anything."But now he says his comments "were in
no way intended to show sympathy for those
convicted of sex crimes, especially the sexual
molestation of children." He says anyone who
"participates in child pornography should be
punished to the fullest extent of the law."Here's the
thing ... it sounds like the point Grisham was trying
to make is that 10-year prison sentences for
surfing a child porn site are ridiculous. He thinks
they should be punished, but 10 years ... way too
much. Credit:TMZ
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