Judge Jackson and Repeat Offenders
Judge Jackson has a history of going soft on repeat
offenders and career criminals
who could pose serious risks to the public, including in cases involving
fentanyl and other drugs, illegal immigrants and police:
Judge Jackson released
a fentanyl dealer – who was
already out of jail on supervised release – from pre-trial detention (United States v. Dabney,
No. 20-cr-0027)
- Given this history, the government warned against releasing him
- Judge Jackson released the man from pre-trial detention anyway
Judge Jackson gave a very lenient sentence to an illegal
immigrant who had already been deported once (United States
v. Garcia-Guerrero, No. 13-cr-0159 (D.D.C. 2013))
- A Central American drug distributor who wanted to sell cocaine in the U.S. was arrested and deported
- He then tried again to enter the country illegally
- After pleading guilty, Judge Jackson sentenced him to only 21 months – even less than what the defendant himself asked for
Judge Jackson gave an extraordinarily lenient sentence to
a defendant convicted for a third time of assaulting a police officer
- Defendant pleaded guilty to assaulting a law enforcement officer, his third conviction for the same offense (United States v. Jenkins, No. 14-cr-0003 (D.D.C.))
- Judge Jackson sentenced him to only 18 months – even less than what the defendant himself asked for
Judge Jackson granted a drug and firearm dealer’s low-end
sentencing request
- Defendant was charged with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of cocaine and firearms dealing, including in parking lots and grocery stores (United States v. Adams, No. 13-cr-0261 (D.D.C.), ECF No. 20 at *7)
- His criminal history included five prior convictions, including assaulting a police officer
- Judge Jackson sentenced the defendant at the bottom of the advisory guidelines, as requested by defense counsel
