John Grisham apologises for comments regarding child abuse images

Crime author regrets comments claiming prison sentences for those convicted of viewing child abuse images were too harsh

The author John Grisham apologised on Thursday for comments he made to the Daily Telegraph that not all men who look at child abuse images should be sent to prison and that sentences for such crimes were too harsh.

Grisham, who is about to publish his new legal thriller, made the comments to the British newspaper in the context of a wide-ranging attack on the US judicial system and its high prison rates.

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